The Illustrated Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His ...40 reviews Dava Sobel, William J.H. Andrewes Walker & Company, 2003 Longitude; long on interest + A Wonderful Book + Much better with Andrewes illustrations + Entertaining insight in longitude problemsolving + One way to describe persistence: William Harrison             Designing Better Maps: A Guide for GIS Users10 reviews Cynthia A. Brewer Esri Press, 2005 Designing Better Maps + Map visualization 101 + Designing Better Maps + Call it training             Prince Henry the Navigator13 reviews Peter Russell Yale University Press, 2001 Great book, but don't take this one to the beach !! + Into the Unknown...... + Henry the Navigator: Debunking or Hatchet Job? + What did Henry know? + An Entrepreneur Who Rarely Himself Went To Sea             Map Use: Reading, Analysis, And Interpretation1 review Phillip C. Muehrcke J P Pubns, 2005 Best Map Book Ever This is absolutely the best book on maps ever produced! It is totally comprehensive yet clear, interesting, and fun to read. I have it on my desk and refer to it often. It's a great reference book with hundreds of illustrations, cartoons, fascinating asides and excerpts from the news. Everyone ...             Spying with Maps: Surveillance Technologies and the Future of Privacy3 reviews Mark Monmonier University Of Chicago Press, 2004 good overview of satalite technologies + Interesting but light reading on Surveillance technology + An intriguing examination of the science of spying this is a great book. its easy to read and informative. it gives clear examples and even includes pictures to help the explain concepts its talking about. its a good sampling of what satelite technology can and cant do and what and how its used in our everyday lives. and about how satelites are ...             How to Lie with Maps (2nd Edition)9 reviews Mark Monmonier, H. J. de Blij University Of Chicago Press, 1996 maps lie and lies on the map + Great basic cartography book + A useful addition ab useful guide to understand the tricks of the cartographic power. to learn how to be aware of the misuse and abuse of all type of maps. A milestone in the literature of Cartography.             A to Z GIS: An Illustrated Dictionary of Geographic Information Systems2 reviews Esri Press, 2006 Essential to understanding the terminology of both computer and geography worlds. + The bomb: Throw your stale convoluted GIS textbooks under the bus Books about GIS are usually quite technical, surveying the applications and computer potentials of geographic information systems, so it's refreshing to note that A TO Z GIS: AN ILLUSTRATED DICTIONARY OF GEOGEPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS is something different: a simple set of geography and cartography ...             Basin and Range15 reviews John McPhee Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1982 GREAT BOOK- BASIN AND RANGE + Brilliant organizational idea, great information + Basin and Range - Get this book! + Very interesting for lay people interested in geology + There's more to Nevada than Las Vegas..........             Basin and Range15 reviews John McPhee Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1982 GREAT BOOK- BASIN AND RANGE + Brilliant organizational idea, great information + Basin and Range - Get this book! + Very interesting for lay people interested in geology + There's more to Nevada than Las Vegas..........             The Illustrated Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His ...40 reviews Dava Sobel, William J.H. Andrewes Walker & Company, 2003 Longitude; long on interest + A Wonderful Book + Much better with Andrewes illustrations + Entertaining insight in longitude problemsolving + One way to describe persistence: William Harrison             Designing Better Maps: A Guide for GIS Users10 reviews Cynthia A. Brewer Esri Press, 2005 Designing Better Maps + Map visualization 101 + Designing Better Maps + Call it training             Map Use: Reading, Analysis, And Interpretation1 review Phillip C. Muehrcke J P Pubns, 2005 Best Map Book Ever This is absolutely the best book on maps ever produced! It is totally comprehensive yet clear, interesting, and fun to read. I have it on my desk and refer to it often. It's a great reference book with hundreds of illustrations, cartoons, fascinating asides and excerpts from the news. Everyone ...             Spying with Maps: Surveillance Technologies and the Future of Privacy3 reviews Mark Monmonier University Of Chicago Press, 2004 good overview of satalite technologies + Interesting but light reading on Surveillance technology + An intriguing examination of the science of spying this is a great book. its easy to read and informative. it gives clear examples and even includes pictures to help the explain concepts its talking about. its a good sampling of what satelite technology can and cant do and what and how its used in our everyday lives. and about how satelites are ...             A to Z GIS: An Illustrated Dictionary of Geographic Information Systems2 reviews Esri Press, 2006 Essential to understanding the terminology of both computer and geography worlds. + The bomb: Throw your stale convoluted GIS textbooks under the bus Books about GIS are usually quite technical, surveying the applications and computer potentials of geographic information systems, so it's refreshing to note that A TO Z GIS: AN ILLUSTRATED DICTIONARY OF GEOGEPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS is something different: a simple set of geography and cartography ...             Prince Henry the Navigator13 reviews Peter Russell Yale University Press, 2001 Great book, but don't take this one to the beach !! + Into the Unknown...... + Henry the Navigator: Debunking or Hatchet Job? + What did Henry know? + An Entrepreneur Who Rarely Himself Went To Sea             How to Lie with Maps (2nd Edition)9 reviews Mark Monmonier, H. J. de Blij University Of Chicago Press, 1996 maps lie and lies on the map + Great basic cartography book + A useful addition ab useful guide to understand the tricks of the cartographic power. to learn how to be aware of the misuse and abuse of all type of maps. A milestone in the literature of Cartography.