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Schmitt, Jenni; Butler, Barb – Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2012
We compiled a geo-referenced bibliography of research including theses, peer-reviewed articles, agency literature, and books having sample collection sites in and around Coos Bay, Oregon. Using Google Earth and GeoCommons we created a map that allows users such as visiting researchers, faculty, students, and local agencies to identify previous…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Bibliographic Databases, Reference Materials, Reference Services
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Morehead, Joe – Reference Librarian, 1999
Discusses geographic naming with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology. Highlights include the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) online database; United States Geological Survey (USGS) national mapping information; the USGS-Microsoft connection; and panoramic maps and the small LizardTech company. (AEF)
Descriptors: Cartography, Computer Software, Databases, Geographic Location
Smith, Alan D. – 1979
The computer packages of PLOTALL, SYMAP, SURFACE II, QUSMO, QUSMO2, QUCRS, and QUTAB are commercially available plotting programs that provide aids for visualizing spatial distributed data and concepts. The incremental drum and line printer plots communicate often vast and difficult-to-interpret tabular data with or without geographic coordinates.…
Descriptors: Cartography, Computer Graphics, Computer Software, Concept Formation