The SAL Library

The unofficial "SAL Library" consists of a few dozen books related to GIS and/or Cartography. These are available as a resource to WWU students. To view/read/borrow talk to stefan (AH-202).

General GIS

  • A to Z: An Illustrated Dictionary of Geographic Informations Systems - Wade & Sommer
  • Advanced Spatial Analysis: The CASA Book of GIS - Longley & Batty - Editors
  • Concepts and Techniques of Geographic Information Systems - Lo & Yeung
  • Designing GeoDatabases (Case Studies in GIS Modeling) - Arctur & Zeiler
  • The ESRI Guide to GIS Analysis, Volume 1: Geographic Patterns & Relationships, Andy Mitchell
  • The ESRI Guide to GIS Analysis, Volume 2: Spatial Measurements & Statistics, Andy Mitchell
  • ESRI Press Dictionary of GIS Terminology Also online and as .pdf (J:\SAL_info\esri_misc\esri_books)
  • Geographic Information Systems and Science - Longley, Goodchild, Maguire & Rhind
  • GIS for Everyone - David Davis
  • GIS Fundamentals: A First Text on Geographic Information Systems (3rd Ed.) - Paul Bolstad
  • GIS, Spatial Analysis and Modeling - Maguire, Batty & Goodchild, Editors
  • Geographic Information Systems: An Introduction - Starr & Estes
  • Introducing Geographic Information Systems with ArcGIS - Michael Kennedy
  • An Introduction to Geographical Information Systems Heywood - Cornelius & Carver
  • Modeling Our World Info: ESRI Guide to Geodatabase Design - Michael Zeiler
  • A Primer of GIS: Fundamental Geographic and Cartographic Concepts - Francis Harvey
  • Spatial Portals: Gateways to Geographic Information - Tang & Selwood
  • Thinking About GIS - Roger Tomlinson
  • Zeroing In: Geographic Information Systems at Work in the Community - Andy Mitchell

Maps, Cartography & Map Use

  • Beyond Maps - John O'Looney
  • Cartographic Relief Presentation - Eduard Imhof
  • Cartographies of Disease: Maps, Mapping, and Medicine - Tom Koch
  • Designed Maps: A Sourcebook for GIS Users - Cynthia Brewer
  • Designing Better Maps: A Guide for GIS Users - Cynthia Brewer
  • How to Lie with Maps - Mark Monmonier
  • Making Maps: A Visual Guide to Map Design for GIS - Krygier & Wood
  • Map Use: Reading, Analysis, Interpretation - Phillip Muehrcke
  • Mapping Census 2000: The Geography of U.S. Diversity - Brewer & Suchan
  • Thematic Cartography and Geovisualization (3rd Ed.) - Slocum, McMaster, Kessler & Howard

GPS

  • Fun with GPS - Donald Cooke
  • Integrating GIS and the Global Positioning System - Karen Steede-Terry
  • The Global Positioning System and GIS - Michael Kennedy

GIS Applications

  • Arc Hydro: GIS for Water Resources - David Maidment
  • Arc Marine: GIS for a Blue Planet  - Wright, Blongewicz, Halpin & Breman
  • Confronting Catastrophe: A GIS Handbook - R.W. Greene
  • Connecting People While Preserving the Planet: Essays on Sustainable Development - Jean Poulit
  • Conservation Geography: Case Studies in GIS, Computer Mapping, and Activism - Charles L. Convis Jr., Editor
  • Disaster Response: GIS for Public Safety - R.W. Greene
  • Exploring the Urban Community: A GIS Approach - Greene & Pick
  • Fundamentals of Crime Mapping - Rebecca Paynich & Bryan Hill
  • GIS and Land Records: The ArcGIS Parcel Data Model - Nancy von Meyer
  • GIS for Environmental Management - Robert Scally
  • GIS for Health Organizations - Laura Lang
  • GIS for Landscape Architects - Karen C. Hanna
  • The GIS Guide for Local Government Officials - Cory Fleming, Editor
  • GIS Means Business (Vol. Two) - David Boyles
  • Mapping the Future of America's National Parks: Stewardship through Geographic Information Systems - Henry &Armstrong, Editors
  • Hydrologic and Hydraulic Modeling Support with Geographic Information Systems - Maidment &  Djokic
  • Measuring Up: The Business Case for GIS - Thomas & Ospina
  • Making Community Connections: The Orton Community Mapping Program - The Orton Family Foundation
  • Managing Natural Resources with GIS - Laura Lang
  • Mapping the News: Case Studies in GIS and Journalism - David Herzog
  • Marine Geography: GIS for the Oceans and Seas - Joe Breman, Editor
  • Past Time, Past Place: GIS for History - Anne Kelly Knowles, Editor
  • Placing History: How Maps, Spatial Data, and GIS are Changing Historical Scholarship - Anne Knowles, Editor
  • Planning Support Systems: Integrating Geographic Information Systems, Models and Visualization Tools - Brail & Klosterman, Editors
  • A System for Survival: GIS and Sustainable Development - Falconer & Foresman, Editors
  • Think Globally, Act Regionally: GIS and Data Visualization for Social Science and Public Policy Research - Richard LeGates
  • Transportation GIS - Laura Lang
  • Tribal GIS: Supporting Native American Policies with GIS - Nancy Sappington, Editor, with David Gadsden, Anne Taylor & Christopher Thomas
  • Undersea with GIS - Dawn Wright, Editor
  • Understanding Place: GIS and Mapping Across the Curriculum - Sinton & Lund

Remote Sensing

  • Costal Remote Sensing: A Coastal Resource Manager's Guide to Remote Sensing - NOAA
  • Remote Sensing for GIS Managers - Stan Aranoff

Software Manuals and Instruction Books

  • Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop (2nd Ed. for ArcGIS 9.0) - Ormsby, Napoleon, Burke, Feaster, & Groessl
  • Getting to Know ArcView GIS 
  • GIS Tutorial - Gorr & Kurland
  • GIS Tutorial for Health - Kurland & Gorr
  • Mastering ArcGIS (3rd Ed.) - Maribeth Price
  • Understanding GIS: The ARC/INFO Method 7.2

ESRI Map Books:

ESRI Map Books, annual collections of maps created by ESRI users worldwide:

  • Arc/INFO Maps 1986
  • Arc/INFO Maps 1988
  • Arc/INFO Maps 1989
  • Arc/INFO Maps 1990                   
  • Arc/INFO Maps 1991                   
  • Arc/INFO Map Book 1993                   
  • ESRI Map Book 12 (1997 )                  
  • ESRI Map Book 13 (1998)
  • ESRI Map Book 14 (1999)
  • ESRI Map Book 15 (2000)
  • ESRI Map Book 16 (2001)
  • ESRI Map Book 17 (2002)
  • ESRI Map Book 18 (2003)
  • ESRI Map Book 19 (2004)
  • ESRI Map Book 20 (2005)
  • ESRI Map Book 21 (2006)
  • ESRI Map Book 22 (2007)
  • ESRI Map Book 23 (2008)