Contents of Beyond Mapping, Spatial Reasoning and Map Analysis Books

By Joseph K. Berry

These writings are based on the Beyond Mapping column in GeoWorld Magazine (Adams Business Media publisher) from 1989 to the present.

Topics #1 through #10, BM Intro and BM Epilog have been compiled into a book entitled Beyond Mapping: Concepts, Algorithms and Issues in GIS (Berry, 1993). Topics #11 through SR#20, SR Intro and SR Epilog have been compiled into a second book entitled Spatial Reasoning for Effective GIS (Berry, 1995). Topics #21 through #30, MA Intro and MA Epilog have been compiled into a draft manuscript for a book entitled Map Analysis: Discovering and Applying Spatial Relationships (Berry, in preparation).

PC-based software tMAP^TM provides hands-on exercises and gCON^TM provides digital slide shows on GIS concepts corresponding to the material presented in the column and books.

Topics in the Beyond Mapping series of articles include:

BM Intro - An Overview of Basic GIS Terminology and Organizational Structure

Topic #1 - Maps As Data and Data Structure Implications

Topic #2 - Measuring Effective Distance and Connectivity

Topic #3 - Roving Windows: Assessment of Neighborhood Characteristics

Topic #4 - What GIS Is (And Isn't): Spatial Data Mapping, Management, Modeling and More

Topic #5 - Assessing Variability, Shape and Pattern of Map Features

Topic #6 - Overlaying Maps and Characterizing Error Propagation

Topic #7 - Overlaying Maps and Summarizing the Results

Topic #8 - Scoping GIS: What to Consider

Topic #9 - Slope, Distance and Connectivity: Their Algorithms

Topic #10 - Cartographic and Spatial Modeling

BM Epilog - From Where is What, to So What: A Brief History and Probable Future of GIS Technology

SR Intro - Where Is GIS: Driving Forces, Trends and Forecasts

Topic #11 - Understanding GIS: High Technology for Mid-Level Management

Topic #12 - From Field Samples to Mapped Data: Assessing Geographic Distributions

Topic #13 - Implementing GIS: Considerations, Contingencies and Confusion

Topic #14 - Toward An Honest GIS: Practical Approaches to Mapping Uncertainty

Topic #15 - A Framework for Map Analysis: Essential Concepts and Practical Expressions

Topic #16 - Alternative Data Structures: Options Beyond Raster and Vector

Topic #17 - Organizing the Map Analysis Toolbox: Fundamental Components and Considerations

Topic #18 - The Anatomy of a GIS Model: Some Case Studies

Topic #19 - Putting GIS in the Hands of People: Considerations and Components of a Field Unit

Topic #20 - A Futuristic GIS: Some Examples of Advanced Analytical Procedures

SR Epilog - GIS's Wildcard: The Human Factor in GIS Technology

MA Intro-- GIS Software’s Changing Roles

Topic #21 - Object-Oriented Technology and Its GIS Expressions

Topic #22 - Assessing Interpolation Results through Residual Analysis

Topic #23 - Considerations in Sampling Design

Topic #24 - Where Is GIS Education?

Topic #25 - Analyzing Accumulation Surfaces

Topic #26 - Analyzing In-Store Shopping Patterns

Topic #27 - Linking Data Space and Geographic Space

Topic #28 - Investigating Spatial Dependency

Topic #29 - Analyzing Landscape Patterns

Topic #30 - Applying Data Mining Techniques to Map Analysis

Topic #31 - Characterizing Micro-Terrain Features

Topic #32 - Landscape Visualization

Topic #33 - Creating Variable-Width Buffers

Topic #34 - Deriving and Using Travel-Time Maps

Topic #35 - Deriving and Using Visual Exposure Maps

Topic #36 - Characterizing Data Patterns and Relationships

MA Epilog- Technical and Cultural Shifts in the GIS Paradigm

…as of 1/02