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

Software Reviews are in this Article DRAGON Level 1 (Version 1.19). GoldinRudahl Systems, Inc., P.O. Box 648, North Amherst, MA 01059. Prices start at $1000 and vary with type of display device supported. EASYCAD (Version 1.07). Evolution Computing, 437S. 48th Street, Suite 106, Tempe, AZ 85281, 1987. $169.95, includes manual with 12 tutorial lessons, detailed reference guide, and installation guide. FASTCAD (Version 1.20). Evolution Computing, 437 South 48th Street, Suite 106, Tempe, AZ 85281,1988. $2295, includes five diskettes and 568 pp. manual. For IBM-PC, AT or compatible with an 8087, 80287 or 80387 numeric coprocessor, 512Kb RAM, mouse or digitizer, a graphics display card, two floppy disk drives, and DOS 2.00 or later. Linear Interactive Discrete Optimizer (LINDO). The Scientific Press, 507 Seaport Ct., Redwood City, CA 94063,1984. $250 for one diskette and 96-page manual. THE STATISTICAL CONSULTANT. Robert Sechrist, Department of Geography and Regional Planning, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA 15705. SURVEY-PROPERTY III. Percy G. Billings, Jr., 12134 Bonnie Terrace, Seminole, FL 34642, 1986–88. $29.95, includes one floppy disk, six page manual, and source code. For IBM-PC, PC/AT and compatibles with one floppy drive.     

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

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

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     

中国国家自然地图集Internet版的设计和研制

本文系统阐述了国家自然地图集Ｉｎｔｅｒｎｅｔ版的设计和研制过程中的若干问题,包括系统的概念设计、系统开发中的ＷｅｂＧＩＳ技术和策略,系统的主要功能和特色,以及系统维护和更新方案等。本系统从概念设计来看分为服务器端软件模块、浏览器端软件模块、国家自然地图集数据库支持等几个部分。系统开发中采取的ＷｅｂＧＩＳ技术和策略有:兼顾服务器端和客户端的综合型ＷｅｂＧＩＳ策略,基于Ｊａｖａ Ａｐｐｌｅｔ的 ＷｅｂＧＩＳ浏览器开发技术,基于Ｍａｐ Ｏｂｊｅｃｔ(ＭＯ)的ＷｅｂＧＩＳ服务器开发技术等３个方面。在系统的主要功能特色方面,本文从以下５个方面进行了论述:科学有序的内容结构、清晰精练并带导航的界面、富有特色的信息查询功能、多重表达的地图可视化效果、一定的空间信息分析和制图功能。在系统维护和更新方案上,本文从网络技术、数据更新、功能开发３个方面介绍了计划,并对今后的发展趋势进行了展望。     

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.     

Sketch Maps and Qualitative GIS: Using Cartographies of Individual Spatial Narratives in Geographic Research

Mental and sketch maps have a long tradition in modern geography. Little theoretical and methodological distinction has been made, however, between different hand mapping approaches. Mental maps emerged from behavioral geography of the spatial science tradition as a technique to understand human behaviors based on peoples’ perceptions of their spatial environment. More recently, sketch maps have been used in participatory and qualitative geographic information systems (QGIS) to develop cartographies of group and individual spatial narratives. They are a tool that helps achieve QGIS's objectives of collecting unique spatial data of individual experiences, visualizing socio-spatial processes, breaking down particular barriers of positionality in research, and developing new uses of GIS. Two case studies illustrate the use of sketch maps in research, including a project examining job accessibility among working poor individuals and a study of the experiences of fear and safety in public spaces among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community members. Sketch maps in QGIS have many methodological merits. They add an invaluable dimension to the qualitative interview process, offer countermapping perspectives, generate detailed spatial information of individuals, and facilitate data interpretation.     

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

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     

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     

Geographical Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: THOREAU's COUNTRY: Journey through a Transformed Landscape. By David R. Foster . VISIONS OF PARADISE: Glimpses of Our Landscape's Legacy. By John Warfield Simpson . CREATING COLORADO: The Making of a Western American Landscape, 1860–1940. By William Wyckoff . THE DAWN OF CONSERVATION DIPLOMACY: U.S.-Canadian Wildlife Protection Treaties in the Progressive Era. By Kurkpatrick Dorsey . ORGANIZING THE LANDSCAPE: Geographical Perspectives on Labor Unionism. Edited by Andrew Herod GREEN LAND, BROWN LAND, BLACK LAND: An Environmental History of Africa, 1800–1990. By James C. Mc Cann . RED CAPITALISM IN SOUTH CHINA: Growth and Development of the Pearl River Delta. By George C. S. Lin . PILLAR OF SAND: Can the Irrigation Miracle Last? By Sandra Postel. xv THE CHACO MERIDIAN: Centers of Political Power in the Ancient Southwest. By Stephen H. Lekson .     

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.     

Book Reviews

James B. Pick and Edgar W. Butler, Mexico Megacity
Chua Beng-Huat, Political Legitimacy and Housing: Stakeholding in Singapore
Yeung Yee-Man (ed.), Global Change and the Commonwealth
R. Bryant and S. Bailey, Third World Political Ecology     

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

Software Reviews are in this Article CCS Designer Version 3.0. CoStat Version 3.03; CoPlot Version 1.03, and CoDraw Version 1.03. LASERCAD Version 5.0. 1988. SPSS/PC + Studentware. 1988. SURVEY SYSTEM 1.1C , Version 3.0. THEMAPS Version 1.0.     

COMPARING DISTORTION ON SKETCH MAPS AND MDS CONFIGURATIONS∗

The terms “pure'’and “applied'’were used in connection with mathematics and the sciences in the Nineteenth Century and were affixed to geography no later than 1890. This paper is a review of some early occurrences of the term “applied geography'’in the period 1890–1904.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Books reviewed in this article: Boundary Control and Legal Priniciples . Curtis M. Brown , Walter G. Robillard and Donald A. Wilson . Lost Initiatives: Canada's Forest Industries, Forest Policy, and Forest Conservation . R. Peter Gillis and Thomas R. Roach . The Navajo Atlas: Resources, People, and History of the Dine Bikeyah . James M. Goodman . The City and the Sign . M. Gottdiener AND Alexandros Ph . Lagopoulos , EDS. The Comfortable House: North American Suburban Architecture 1890–1930 . Alan Gowans . Arabic-Islamic Cities. Building and Planning Principles . Besim Salim Hakim . Contemporary Climatology . Ann Henderson -Sellers and Peter J. Robinson . A Trace of Desert Waters . Samuel G. Houghton . Geography, Resources and Environment. Vol. 1: Selected Writings of Gilbert F. White. Vol. 2: Themes from the Work of Gilbert F. White . Robert W. Kates AND Ian Burton , ED. Spatial Dimensions of Unemployment and Underemployment (A Case Study of Rural Punjab) . Gopal Krishan . Maps of the Holy Land: Cartobibliography of Printed Maps, 1475–1900 . Compiled by Eran Laor , assisted by Shoshana Klein . The Geography of Third World Cities . Stella Lowder . A Perspective on U.S. Farm Problems and Agricultural Policy . Lance Mc Kinzie , Timothy G. Baker AND Wallace E. Tyner . Soil Erosion and Its Control. R.P.C . Morgan , ED Geopolitics . Patrick O'Sullivan . Landscape, Meanings and Values . Edmund C. Penning -Rowsell AND David Lowenthal , EDS.     

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.     

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