READINGS AND REFERENCES
Huxhold, William E., and Allan G. Levinsohn, 1995. Managing Geographic Information System Projects, Oxford University Press, Oxford. Pages 87-202. **(includes implementation, managing and system design)
Goodchild, Michael F., Paul A. Longley, David J. Maguire, and David W. Rhind. 1999. Geographical Information Systems: Principles and Technical Issues. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Pgs: 317 - 329. Ch. 22 "Geographical Information Systems in Networked Environments."
Booth, Bob. 1999. Getting Started With ArcInfo: ArcInfo 8. Environmental System Research Institution, Inc.
Guptill, Stephen C, ed., 1988. A Process for Evaluating Geographic Information Systems. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 88-105. Pages 11-22; 39-44.
2. GIS Components
Guptill, Stephen C, ed., 1988. A Process for Evaluating Geographic Information Systems. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 88-105. Pages 39-44, Chapter 8: GIS Hardware Components.
Montgomery, Glenn E. and Harold C. Schulch. 1993. GIS Data Conversion Handbook. Colorado: GIS World, Inc. Pgs: 47-66. Ch 3, "Hardware Issues."
Guptill, Stephen C., A. Jon Kimerling, Joel L. Morrison, Phillip C. Muehrcke, and Arthur H. Robinson. 1995. Elements of Cartography. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Pgs: 292 – 311. Ch. 17 "Components of a GIS."
Goodchild, Michael F., Paul A. Longley, David J. Maguire, and David W. Rhind. 1999. Geographical Information Systems: Principles and Technical Issues. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Pgs: 331 – 345. Ch. 23 "Desktop GIS Software."
3. Computer Aided Drafting/Design and Automated Cartography
Cowen, David J. 1990. Introductory Readings in Geographic Information Systems. London: Taylor and Francis. Pgs: 52 – 61. Ch. 4 "GIS versus CAD versus DBMS: What are the Differences?"
4. Cartographic Modeling and Database Design
Geographic Data Modeling
Goodchild, M.F., 1992. “Geographical Data Modeling,” Computers and Geosciences, Pergamon Press Ltd., Oxford. 18(4): 401-408.
Guptill, Stephen C., A. Jon Kimerling, Joel L. Morrison, Phillip C. Muehrcke, and Arthur H. Robinson. 1995. Elements of Cartography. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Pgs: 169 – 186. Ch. 10 "Data Models for Digital Cartographic Information."
Data Structures
Estes, John and Jeffrey Star. 1990. Geographic Information Systems: An Introduction. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall. Pgs. 32 – 60. Ch. 4 "Data Structures."
Principles of GIS for Land Resources Assessment
Burrough, P.A., 1986. Geographical Information Systems for Land Resources Assessment, Clarendon Press, Oxford. Pages 13-38.
1. Map projections, coordinate systems, datums
Dent, Borden D. 1990. Cartography: Thematic Map Design. Iowa: Wm. C. Brown Publishers. Pgs: 24-48. Ch 2, "The Round Earth to Flat Map: Map Projections for Designers."
Dent, Borden D. 1990. Cartography: Thematic Map Design. Iowa: Wm. C. Brown Publishers. Pgs: 49-72. Ch 3, "Employment of Projections and Thematic Base Map Compilation."
2. Data Conversion, Editing and Input
Montgomery, Glenn E. and Harold C. Schulch. 1993. GIS Data Conversion Handbook. Colorado: GIS World, Inc. Pgs: 105-130. Ch 6, "Data Conversion Methods."
DeMers, Michael N. 1997. Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Pgs. 154 – 175. Ch. 6 "Data Storage and Editing."
Montgomery, Glenn E. and Harold C. Schulch. 1993. GIS Data Conversion Handbook. Colorado: GIS World, Inc. Pgs: 147-166. Ch 8, "GIS Database Design."
Goodchild, Michael F., Paul A. Longley, David J. Maguire, and David W. Rhind. 1999. Geographical Information Systems: Principles and Technical Issues. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Pgs: 467 – 476. Ch. 33 "Using GPS for GIS Data Capture."