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Information Graphics
Taschen’s Information Graphics book is the most comprehensive I have seen concerned with modern (and historic) data visualisation. The book itself is worthy of its own infographic as it weights about 5kg and spans nearly 500 pages to include “200 projects and over 400 examples of contemporary information graphics from all over the world—ranging from ...
The Times Atlas of London
*This post has been cross-posted from the Mapping London blog.* A few months back I had the honour of being asked to approve the use of a couple of excerpts from my London Surname Map in The Times Atlas of London. The wait was finally over last week when I received my copy in the ...
Book Review: Statistical Detection and Surveillance of Geographic Clusters
My review of Rogerson and Yamada’s Statistical Detection and Surveillance of Geographic Clusters has just been published in the journal Environment and Planning B. Overall I thought the book was very useful and have consulted it many times in my own work. You can read the full review here.
Stunning Old Atlases
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As I have mentioned before, archive.org provides some amazing resources for free download. I thought I would have a look to see what it had in the way of old atlases and I wasn’t disappointed. Here are a couple of my favorites: The Reynold’s Universal Atlas was published in the 19th century and includes over ...
The Look of Maps: An Examination of Cartographic Design
***Not long after posting this, the “The Look of Maps” appears to have been removed from archive.org”*** ESRI Press have announced they will be re-printing Arthur H. Robinson’s classic book “The Look of Maps: An Examination of Cartographic Design“. The book begins with the following quote from William Morris Davis: “It is just as important ...
Free GIS Resources
Over the last couple of days I have utilised some excellent free GIS resources. I have listed these and some others below. Geospatial Analysis: This is the free online version of de Smith, Longley and Goodchild’s excellent book by the same title. It provides full coverage of current GIS methodologies. It also provides extensive information ...
Lattice: Multivariate Data Visualization with R
I have just reviewed Sarkar‘s Lattice: Multivariate Data Visualization with R for the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A. I would highly recommend the book to all R users who wish to produce publication quality graphics using the software. You can read the full review here.
Book Review: The SAGE Handbook of Spatial Analysis
The use of spatial data is increasing across a broad range of disciplines. The Sage Handbook of Spatial Analysis, edited by Fotheringham and Rogerson, is marketed as a response to this growing demand for specialized statistical and mathematical methods for spatial data. The contributions to this book are written for academics and graduate level students; ...
Applied Spatial Data Analysis with R
I have just reviewed the book Applied Spatial Data Analysis with R which has been published in the September2009 issue of the Royal Statistical Society’s Significance magazine. Applied Spatial Data Analysis with R is an accessible text that demonstrates and explains the handling of spatial data using the R Software Platform. The text’s authors have ...
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