The Department of Housing and Urban Development has developed its Community 2020 software to make it possible to depict graphically a community's housing resources, demographics, and level of economic development to use in community development activities and other planning processes. The combination of region- wide data and easy-to-use software…

The University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) Library, the third largest academic library in the United States, houses one of the best Africana map collections in the United States. This checklist is intended to provide scholars and other map users with sufficient information to locate and examine maps of Africa in the UIUC Library. The…

Orienteering is a rapidly growing sport, developed in Sweden, which has great possibilities for education in geography. It can be conceived as an organizing device for outdoor work and as a basis for developing map skills and for map construction. (Author)

Cartography is undergoing a digital transition with geographic data becoming available in machine-readable form and with the diminishing need to draw and print maps in order to communicate information. This automation will force cartographers to concentrate upon the institutional aspects of information management. Implications for geographic…

Describes a series of geography activities for upper elementary students designed to develop comprehension of space-time relationships. Students collect data about their families' commuting patterns and construct regional maps showing distances and directional relationships. Then they modify the maps to incorporate the time dimension. (AM)

Provides a guide for librarians to use in selecting globes by discussing how globes are made, types of globes, special and extraterrestrial globes, selecting criteria, and comparing such features as aesthetic appeal, readability, and currency of political information. A list of globe manufacturers and a selected bibliography are provided. (CHC)

Explains how to use map-making aids in elementary and secondary schools and suggests various uses. Includes master sheets of cartographic symbols. Journal availability: see SO 507 319. (CK)

A method of plotting on a large scale map all registered cases of child abuse in an inner London borough is compared to three more complicated methods in its ability to accurately identify target areas. The geographic plotting of cases is favored because of its simplicity and ease of annual updating. (Author/DB)

Discusses the geographic information system (GIS), a database that permits the integration, management, and analysis of diverse geographical information. Reports that the GIS has brought gains in cartography and remote sensing but also has brought problems. Identifies the need to balance instruction in technical developments and mainstream…

Presents a checklist for evaluating commercially available mapping software. Analyzes software features by general categories including range of map types, availability and flexibility of data files, and program evaluation. Discusses ease of operation, the manual, tutorial, screens and help, error handling, design flexibility, hard copy output,…

Discusses the importance of harnessing children's natural tendency to make maps. Argues for a geographic curriculum based on building a relationship between the structure of the local landscape and the shape of children's lives. Lists mapping activities that can be used with various age groups. (CCM)

Describes creating visual images of the richness of communities as a crucial step in making communities healthier and more sustainable. (CCM)

Geospatial technology refers to a system that is used to acquire, store, analyze, and output data in two or three dimensions. This data is referenced to the earth by some type of coordinate system, such as a map projection. Geospatial systems include thematic mapping, the Global Positioning System (GPS), remote sensing (RS), telemetry, and…

Trends in information policy are discussed as they impact on cartographic information, stressing particularly the relationships between cartographic communication, documentation, and policy making. Distinction is made between cartographic communication as a subject for information policy and cartographic communication as an expedient in public…