SOFTWARE REVIEWS

THE BENCHMARK SYSTEM , Version 5.6. Get-A-Ref , Version 4.2. MapInfo , Version 3.0. OSU MAP-for-the-PC , OSU MAP-for-the-PC, Version 3.0. Duane F. Marble, Jay Sandhu, and others Spatial Regression Analysis on the PC , Version 1.0. Daniel A. Griffith     

SOFTWARE REVIEWS

ATLAS*GRAPHICS (Version 3.0). Auto CAD (Release 9.0 with ADE+1, ADE+2 and ADE+3). Auto Sketch (Speed Enhanced Version 1.02). NUMERICAL RECIPES FORTRAN. Numerical Recipes Software SCIPLOT .     

SOFTWARE REVIEWS

Software Reviews are in this Article Beagle Graphics. Mark Simonsen IDRISI , Version 2.24. 1988. Population Pyramids , Version 1.0. 1986. TurboCAD , Version 1.52. 1988.     

A Franco-American Geographical Encounter

ATLAS?GRAPHICS (Version 3.0).

AutoCAD (Release 9.0 with ADE+1, ADE+2 and ADE+3).

AutoSketch (Speed Enhanced Version 1.02).

NUMERICAL RECIPES FORTRAN. Numerical Recipes Software

SCIPLOT.     

SOFTWARE REVIEWS

ANOTA–Analysis of Tables (Version 3.0) askSam (Version 4.1). ATLAS DRAW. CRUNCH (Version 3.1). THE MAP COLLECTION (Educational Version 1.25).     

SOFTWARE REVIEWS

Data Desk 3.0 1990 . GISTARS. 1990 . Wayne L. Myers, Codirector Microcase Analysis System , Version 2.1, 1990. PAMAP , Version 2.22. US-GEO-GRAPHICS, Version CGA, EGA. 1987.     

SOFTWARE REVIEWS

GISTutor (GIST!) – The Geographical Information Systems Tutor , Version 1.03. IDRISI , Version 3.1. Minitab DOS , Release 7.2. SL-MICRO, Statistical Language for Microcomputer. 1989. StatXact , Beta Test, Version 1.0. 1989.     

SOFTWARE REVIEWS

ATLAS*GIS , Version 1.0. ATLAS*MapMaker , Version 4.0. FIVFIV-SINSIN , Release 9.0. Geo-EAS , Version 1.2.1. Evan Englund Sim City , Version 1.0 Statistix , Version 3.1.     

REVIEWS OF GEOGRAPHIC SOFTWARE

Geographic Software Reviewed in this article: LIFE TABLES and the LESLIE MATRIX. CONDUIT MENTMAP2 . Lawrence W. Carstensen Jr . PC-MATLAB , Version 1.0. The Math Works, Inc. QUICKMAP , version 1.0. Sammamish Data Systems, Inc. SYSTAT: THE SYSTEM FOR STATISTICS , Version 2.1, Systat Inc. USA DISPLAY . Instant Tecall     

THE GEOGRAPHY OF MASTODON EXTINCTION

Geographic Software Reviewed in this article:

LIFE TABLES and the LESLIE MATRIX. CONDUIT

MENTMAP2. Lawrence W. Carstensen Jr.

PC-MATLAB, Version 1.0. The Math Works, Inc.

QUICKMAP, version 1.0. Sammamish Data Systems, Inc.

SYSTAT: THE SYSTEM FOR STATISTICS, Version 2.1, Systat Inc.

USA DISPLAY. Instant Tecall     

SOFTWARE REVIEWS

software reviews are in this article BMDP/PC CONCEPTS COMPUTERIZED ATLAS EVALUATION OF ALTERNATE PROPOSALS (EAP) EXTRA: EXPRESS TRANSIT ANALYSIS MATC CAD MOTORS TRANSPORTATION PACKAGE PCMAP: Thematic Mapping Software for the IBM Personal Computer, Version 2.3 PLACE TRANPLAN . US-ATLAS     

REVIEWS OF GEOGRAPHIC SOFTWARE

Geographic Software Reviewed in this article: ATLAS AMP. CONTUR GOLDEN SOFTWARE MAPPING PACKAGE SAMP. G. Nigel Gilbert     

Index to Volume 99

Abstract

Capitals of the World, Version 1.5, by Keith Sutton, P.O. Box 23668, San Diego, CA 92123, Registered Copy $20. FPCL disk #2292 (Version 1.3).

Terra?Time, version 5.0, by George K. Marek, GeoGraphic Software, 126 Mountain View Road, Glastonberg, CT 06033, Registered Copy $20. FPCL Disk #1487.

World City Distance Computer, version 5.0, by George K. Marek, GeoGraphic Software, 126 Mountain View Road, Glastonberg, CT 06033, Registered Copy $15. FPCL Disk #1487.

The Transfer and Transformation of Ideas and Material Culture. by Hugill, Peter J. and Dickson, D. Bruce, eds.: College Station, Texas: Texas A&;M University Press, 1988. xxii and 281 pp., index.

The Third World: States of Mind and Being edited by J. Norwine and A. Gonzalez Winchester, MA: Unwin Hyman, Inc. 1988. Refs., notes, index. 275 pp. ISBN 0–04–910121–8.

The Carrier Wave: New Information Technology and the Geography of Innovation 1846–2003 by Peter Hall and Paschal Preston Winchester, MA: Unwin Hyman Ltd. 1988. Tables, figs., refs., index. 305 pp. $34.95, cloth.     

SOFTWARE REVIEWS

Electromap World Atlas , Version 1.1. Interactive Population Statistical System , Version 1.0. Jerry W. Wicks and Jose Luiz Pereira de Almeida MATHCAD , Version 2.5. Memory Mate. Micro DEM +, Version 5.21. Peter Guth NCSS – Number Cruncher Statistical System , Version 5.02. Dr. Jerry L. Hintze     

REVIEWS OF GEOGRAPHIC SOFTWARE

Reviews of geographic software in this article: ADD A STAT, Version 2.0 MULTIFIT, Version 2.0 CITY AND COUNTY DATA BOOK, 1983 Files on Diskettes. FUTPOP. CPSS/PC, Version 2. SOURCE ZIP and SOURCE TRACT STATPLAN 111 ySTAT.     

Promoting Local Growth: Process,Practice, and Policy

Electromap World Atlas, Version 1.1.

Interactive Population Statistical System, Version 1.0. Jerry W. Wicks and Jose Luiz Pereira de Almeida

MATHCAD, Version 2.5.

Memory Mate.

Micro DEM+, Version 5.21. Peter Guth

NCSS – Number Cruncher Statistical System, Version 5.02. Dr. Jerry L. Hintze     

REVIEWS OF GEOGRAPHIC SOFTWARE

Reviews of geographic software in this article: DEMO-GRAPHICS: WORLD POPULATIONS AND PROJECTIONS. ESP GAUSS. CEMODEL S. Damus LIMDEP. William H. Greene MICROSTAT 4.1 OTIS PCIPS. (Personal Computer Image Processing System) . H.J. Meyers and R. Bernstein. REGRESSION ANALYSIS OF TIME SERIES (RATS) SPSS/PC+ URBAN DATA MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE (UDMS)     

PRODUCTIVITY OF AMERICAN PH.D.-GRANTING DEPARTMENTS OF GEOGRAPHY

Reviews of geographic software in this article:

DEMO-GRAPHICS: WORLD POPULATIONS AND PROJECTIONS.

ESP

GAUSS.

CEMODEL S. Damus

LIMDEP. William H. Greene

MICROSTAT 4.1

OTIS

PCIPS. (Personal Computer Image Processing System). H.J. Meyers and R. Bernstein.

REGRESSION ANALYSIS OF TIME SERIES (RATS)

SPSS/PC+

URBAN DATA MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE (UDMS)     

SOFTWARE REVIEWS

Graphical Aids for Stochastic Processes. Bob Fisch and David Griffeath, Wadsworth & Brooks/Cole LANDSAT , Version 4.3. macGIS, Version 0.95. 1989. Simulating Central Place Structures (Version 1.0). Daniel A. Griffith STRUCTURE V4.0. Ronald Burt     

SOFTWARE REVIEWS

Software Reviews are in this Article. DADiSP , Version 2.00. DSP Development Corporation, One Kendall Square, Cambridge MA 02139. Hardware requirements for version reviewed: IBM PC-AT or PS/2 or compatible with 640 KB memory; at least 2MB of extended memory; VGA, EGA, CGA, Hercules graphics or equivalent; running DOS 3.0 or higher. Several popular printers and plotters are supported, and PostScript capability is forthcoming. Math coprocessor recommended. List Price: $1,695; educational discount available. Versions are also available for the following hardware platforms: IBM PC/XT or compatible; DEC, HP9000, SUN, IBM RS/6000 and CONCURRENT series 500/600 workstations. Contact DSP Development Corporation for information regarding minimum configurations and prices for these environments, or for evaluation disk information. GEOTECH I–Simple Geologic Database Manager. Geotech Computer Systems, 7338 S. Alton Way 16F, Englewood, CO 80112. $100.00. Includes two floppy disks, 28 page manual. For IBM-PC, PC/AT,and compatibles. MapViewer, Version 1.0, 1991. Golden Soft ware, Inc., P.O. Box 281, Golden, CO 80402-028 1. $249. Thematic Mapping Package that runs under Microsoft Windows. Diskettes with software and sample data; 483 pp. manual. SimEarth, 1990 (IBM/Tandy version. Also available for Macintosh.). Maxis, 2 Theatre Square, Suite 242, Orinda, CA 94563-3041. $69.95. Includes 5.25 in. and 3.5 in. diskettes and manual. Requires 640 Kb RAM and a hard disk with 1.5 Mb free and DOS 2.1 or higher. TransCAD : Transportation Workstation Software, Version 2.0 (1990). Caliper Corporation, 1172 Beacon Street, Newton, MA 02161. For IBM-PC/compatible with a minimum 640K RAM, an 80287 or 80387 math co-processor, EGA or VGA (preferred) display and one parallel port. Recommended but not required are a mouse, laser printer of 1.5 megabytes of RAM, plotter, additional RAM beyond 640K, digitizing tablet. Educational discount price: $695.00.