fjh@bbn.com (Frederick J. Hirsch) (04/17/91)
I am interested in learning about geographic databases, and would like to learn what is involved in building one. If someone can send me a reference or bibliography of references on how to actually create a geographic database I would appreciate it. I am familiar with general database issues, as discussed in Date's book. Are there any examples of geographic databases in actual use? Thanks. Thanks, Frederick [fjh@bbn.com]
dmark@acsu.buffalo.edu (David Mark) (04/20/91)
In article <63740@bbn.BBN.COM> fjh@bbn.com (Frederick J. Hirsch) writes: >I am interested in learning about geographic databases, and would like to >learn what is involved in building one. If someone can send me a reference >or bibliography of references on how to actually create a geographic >database I would appreciate it. I am familiar with general database issues, >as discussed in Date's book. > >Are there any examples of geographic databases in actual use? > >Thanks. > >Thanks, Frederick [fjh@bbn.com] Geographic databases is a BIG subject! The systems that handle them are often called "Geographic Information Systems" (or GISs). There is a bitnet list server on the topic. It is available on many Usenet feeds as: bit.listserv.gis-l If you cannot subscribe to bit.listserv.gis-l on your system, then you can get material by mail by sending a 1-line subscription message to: listserv@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu and the 1-line message should be: subscribe gis-l Your Name where 'Your Name' is your name, of course! Here are some recent books on GIS, pulled from the on-line library catalog here at Buffalo: Principles of geographical information systems for land resources assessment / P.A. Burrough. -- Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York : Clarendon Press, 1986. xiii, 193 p., [4] p. of col. plates : ill., maps ; 26 cm. -- (Monographs on soil and resources survey) Includes bibliographies and indexes. SUBJECT HEADINGS Land use--Data processing. Land use--Maps. Digital mapping. CALL NUMBER: HD108.15 .B87 1986 Geographic information systems : a management perspective / Stan Aronoff. -- Ottawa : WDL Publications, c1989. xvi, 294 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. SUBJECT HEADINGS Geography--Data processing. Information storage and retrieval systems--Geography. CALL NUMBER: G70.2 .A67 1989 Geographic information systems : an introduction / Jeffrey Star, John Estes. -- Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice Hall, c1990. xv, 303 p. [4] leaves of plates : ill. (some col. ) ; 24 cm. Bibliography: p. [283]-295. Includes index. SUBJECT HEADINGS Geography--Data processing. CALL NUMBER: G70.2 .S73 1990 Geographic information systems and cartographic modeling / C. Dana Tomlin. -- Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice Hall, c1990. xviii, 249 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. SUBJECT HEADINGS Geographic information systems. Cartography--Data processing. CALL NUMBER: G70.2 .T64 1990 Introductory readings in geographic information systems / edited by Donna J. Peuquet, Duane F. Marble. -- London ; New York : Taylor & Francis, 1990. x, 371 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references. SUBJECT HEADINGS Geographic information systems. CALL NUMBER: G70.2 .I66 1990 David M. Mark Professor of Geography National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis SUNY Buffalo, New York dmark@sun.acsu.buffalo.edu