Baker College
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GEO 1010: Human Geography & GEO 1110: Physical Geography
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Geographic Information Systems by
A geographic information system (GIS) is any system that captures, stores, analyzes, manages and presents data that are linked to locations. In the simplest terms, GIS is the merging of cartography, statistical analysis and database technology, and can be used in archaeology, geography, cartography, remote sensing, land surveying, public utility management and natural resource management. This new book presents topical research in the study of GIS, including GIS in the spatial decision making process; GIS for wide-range species conservation planning and forestry; GIS in rainwater harvesting, estimating the environmental effects on residential property and traffic-related environmental pollution in the GIS.
Publication Date: 2011
Human Geography: A Concise Introduction by Publication Date: 2014
Human Geography: People and the Environment by Publication Date: 2013Contains a great section on "Models and Theory".
Cultural Diffusion and Change on a Global Level includes an explanation of culture hearths.
21st Century Geography by Publication Date: 2011
Maps
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- A to Z Maps Online (World Trade Press) This link opens in a new window Over 145,000 maps of the world, continents, countries, and the United States.
- Outline Maps (Blank Maps / Maps without Labels) These maps from Education Place may be printed and copied for personal or classroom use.
Route Finding by
Explains step-by-step map reading land navigation and route finding techniques crucial to success and safety in the outdoors
Publication Date: 1999
Demographics & Statistics
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