This paper provides background on building the "Connecticut Digital Gazetteer." The paper begins by describing primary research initiatives, including a 1998 workshop convened by the National Academy of Science's Mapping Science Committee to build a national vision of a geolibrary and a 1999 workshop at the Smithsonian Institution to…

The 1849 edition of this textbook is a course in elementary surveying. All instruments needed for plotting and their uses have been described. Conventional signs adopted by the U.S. Topographical Bureau are provided. Surveying public lands and maritime navigation are covered.

This publication, with alterations and amendments, has been adapted to the use of American surveyors. The first section discusses decimal fractions, the square root, geometrical definitions, theorems and problems, and logarithm numbers, signs, and tangents. The second section contains plane trigonometry right angled and oblique, with its…

Evidence indicates any young woman contemplating a professional career in geography can look forward to substantially less in both the short and long run in terms of material and non-material rewards, such as attainment of higher degrees, rank, appointments, salary, power, honors, etc., than can a young man of the same age and native ability.…

Describes a teaching procedure designed to show that there is a logical, predictable arrangement (of climates) that results from the actions and effects of a few global climatic controls." An hypothetical continent is used to develop these principles which are then applied to real situations. (AL)

In shifting emphasis from accumulation of facts to methods of investigation and cognitive skills, the concept of ecosystem is a powerful organizing principle for geography. The connectivity of all things in an environment, the flow of energy through the system are stressed. The use of ecosystem as a framework for inquiry in the classroom is…

Geographers need to become aware of self-determination. The evolution of meanings and patterns of self-determination, contemporary opinions on the principle, and changes in politico-territorial definitions that will arise as the principle continues to be applied are discussed. Self-determination will remain a powerful geopolitical force. (SR)

Described is a successfully field tested simulation which will help high school or college level students become familiar with flood hazards. Students assume the roles of members of the Jonah's Basin planning commission and plan solutions to the area's flood problems. (RM)

Examines the urban mobile-home park in the context of its evolution over the past 25 years. It was during this time period that the joint roles of mobile-homes and mobile-home parks in the provision of housing began to be recognized. (RM)

Secondary teachers should find these guidelines useful in helping students to become more map conscious and critical of maps. Various ways in which map elements can be manipulated to make maps persuasive and how such maps have been used are examined. Tips for identifying these maps are provided. (RM)

Reviews five areas in which computer graphics technology has been applied: animation, computer-aided design, home information systems, scientific uses, and geographic information systems. (FM)

Provides college level geography students with an example of the methods required for accurate use and interpretation of color infrared photographs in detecting crop health problems. The methods explained were used in a study of irrigation agriculture carried out in central Oregon during the 1979 crop season. (AM)

To ascertain their basic knowledge of the world's most visible cities and countries, questionnaires were administered to eighth and ninth grade students. The outcome of the study was disappointing. Places such as Bucharest and Djakarta were practically unknown, even to geography students. (RM)

Presents a poem which matches each letter of the alphabet with a country containing the same first initial. A simple geographical fact about the country is then given. (AM)