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NCGIA 88-1 Full Proposal 88-2 Selected Sections from Proposal 88-3 Cognitive and Linguistic Aspects of Geographic Space: Report on a Workshop 89-1 Accuracy of Spatial Databases Initiative One Specialist Meeting Report 89-2 Languages of Spatial Relations 89-2A Languages of Spatial Relations: Researchable Questions & NCGIA Research Agenda 89-3 Multiple Representations - Scientific Report for the Specialist Meeting 89-4 What is Special About Spatial Data? Alternative Perspectives on Spatial Data Analysis 89-5 A Hierarchical Spatial Data Structure for Global Geographic Information Systems 89-6 Use and Value of Geographic Information 89-7 Use and Value of Geographic Information: Initiative 4 Specialist Meeting Summary Report and Proceedings 89-8 Selective Bibliography: Value of Information 89-9 Accuracy of Spatial Databases: Annotated Bibliography 89-10 Working Bibliography on "Languages of Spatial Relations" 89-11 Multiple Representations - A Bibliography 89-12 Taxonomy of Error in Spatial Databases 89-13 Report on Workshop On Very Large Spatial Databases, Santa Barbara, 1989 89-14 Spatial Relations Representation and Locative Phase Generation in a Map Context 89-15 Issues in Vehicle Navigation and Information Systems Back to top 90-1 The Comparison of Complexity Measures for Cartographic Lines 90-2 Spatial Language and Geographic Information Systems: Cross-Linguistic Issues (El Lenguaje Espacial Y Los Sistemas de Informacion Geograficos: Temas Interlinguisticos) 90-3 Deriving a Method for Evaluating the Use of Geographic Information in Decision Making 90-4 NCGIA/U.S. Census Multiple Representations Data Set Project Technical Report on Pilot Project: Lee County, Florida 90-5 Research Initiative Six Spatial Decision Support Systems Scientific Report for The Specialist Meeting 90-6 Lineage in GIS: The Problem and a Solution 90-7 NCGIA 18 Month Report 90-8 Models in Temporal Knowledge Representation and Temporal DBMS 90-9 A Satial Decision Support System for Bank Location: A Case Study. 90-10 Language, Cognitive Science, and Geographic Information Systems 90-11 Two Perspectives on Geographical Data Modelling 90-12 Query Languages for Geographic Information Systems 90-13 Cognitive and Linguistic Aspects of Geographic Space Back to top 91-1 Fractal Geometry and Spatial Phenomena 91-2 A Conceptual Framework for Integrated Metadata Management in Very Large Spatial Databases 91-3 A Cartographic Animation of Average Yearly Surface Temperatures for the 48 Contiguous United States: 1897-1986 91-4 Temporal Relations in Geographic Information Systems: A Workshop at the University of Maine, Orono, October 12-13, 1990 91-5 The Integration of Spatial Analysis and GIS: The Development of the Statcas Module for ARC/INFO 91-6 User-Centered Graphical User Interface Design for GIS 91-7 A Framework for the Definition of Topological Relationships and an Algebraic Approach to Spatial Reasoning Within this Framework 91-8 Spatial Data Representation and Basic Operations for a Triangular Heirarchical Data Structure 91-9 Spatial Decision Support Systems: A Bibliography 91-10 Designing and Implementing Strategies for Solving Large Location-Allocation Problems with Heuristic Methods 91-11 Connecting ARC/INFO and SNACTor Project Report Back to top 91-12 Replaced by updated Technical Report 96-12 91-13 The Performance of Tests for Spatial Dependence in a Linear Regression 91-14 Replaced by updated Technical Report 98-1 91-15 An Annotated Bibliography on Human Computer Interaction for GIS 91-16 Initiative 12: Integration of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems 91-17 Multiple Topological Representations 91-18 Visual Interfaces to Geometry 91-19 The Use of a Geographic Information System for Second-Order Analysis of Spatial Point Patterns 91-20 Replaced by updated Technical Report 93-10 91-21 GIS Teaching Facilities: Six Case Studies on the Acquisition and Management of Laboratories 91-22 Bibliography on Animation of Spatial Data A Guide to Literature, Video and Movie Media 91-23 The Use of Vegetation Maps and Geographic Information Systems For Assessing Conifer Lands in California 91-24 German GIS/LIS Standards 91-26 Scientific Report for the Specialist Meeting (8-12 June 1991, Castine, Maine 91-27 VT/GIS The von Thünen GIS Package Back to top 92-1 Locational Models, Geographic Information, and Planning Support Systems 92-2 Opportunities for Generalization in the Digital Chart of the World 92-3 User Interfaces for Geographic Information Systems: Report on the Specialist Meeting 92-4 Intelligent Assistants for Filling Critical Gaps in GIS A Research Program 92-5 Scientific Report for the Specialist Meeting 26-29 February 1992, San Diego, California 92-6 On the Possible Role(s) of a "University Consortium for Geographic Information and Analysis" (UCGIA) 92-7 A Research Agenda for Geographic Information and Analysis 92-8 Sharing Information in Third World Planning Agencies Perspectives on the Impact of GIS 92-9 GIS Videos: An Annotated Bibliography 92-10 Spatial Data Analysis with GIS: An Introduction to Application in the Social Sciences 92-11 GIS and Spatial Analysis: Report on the Specialist Meeting 92-12 Two Perspectives on Data Quality Geographic Knowledge Production Through GIS: Towards a Model for Quality Monitoring 92-13 A Glossary of GIS Terminology Back to top 93-1 Three Presentations on Geographical Analysis and Modeling Non-Isotropic Modeling Speculations on the Geometry of Geography Global Spatial Analysis 93-2 Secondary Education Project GIS in the Schools: Workshop Resource Packet 93-3 Environmental Modeling with GIS: A Strategy for Dealing with Spatial Continuity 93-4 Remote Sensing and GIS Integration: Towards a Prioritized Research Agenda 93-5 Teaching Introductory Geographical Data Analysis with GIS: A Laboratory Guide for an Integrated SpaceStat/ldrisi Environment 93-6 Environmental Equity in Los Angeles 93-7 Spatial Data Analysis and GIS: Interfacing GIS and Econometric Software 93-8 Testing Technology Transfer Hypotheses in GIS Environments - Using a Case Study Approach 93-9 GIS and the Coastal Zone: An Annotated Bibliography 93-10 The NCGIA Guide to Laboratory Materials - 1993 93-11 Secondary Education Project 93-12 GIS, Cartography, and the Information Society - An Annotated Bibliography Back to top 94-1 The 9-Intersection: Formalism and its use for Natural-Language Spatial Predicates 94-2 Selected Bibliography on Law, Information Policy, and Spatial Databases 94-3 Land Information Systems in Developing Countries: Bibliography 94-4 Gap Analysis of the Southwestern California Region 94-5 Integrating Normative Location Models into GIS: Problems and Prospects with the p-median Model 94-6 Final Report Caltrans Agreement 65TI55 MOU 1 94-7 Spatial Analysis on the Sphere: A Review 94-8 Topological Relations in the World of Minimum Bounding Rectangles: a Study with R-trees 94-9 Time in Geographic Space: Report on the Specialist Meeting of Research Initiative 10 94-10 Selected Annotated Bibliography On Visualization of the Quality of Spatial Information Research Initiative 7 Back to top 95-1 Framework Data Sets for the NSDI 95-2 Two Papers on Triangulated Surface Modeling 95-3 Multiple Roles for GIS in US Global Change Research: Annotated Bibliography 95-4 A Comparison of Strategies for Data Storage Reduction in Location-Allocation Problems 95-5 Secondary Education Project: Color Your World An Exploration With ArcView 2.0 95-6 The Global Demography Project 95-7 Formalizing Behavior of Geographic Feature Types 95-8 Naive Geography 95-9 Direction Relations and Two-Dimensional Range Queries: Optimization Techniques 95-10 Research Initiative 15: Multiple Roles for GIS in US Global Change Research 95-11 Geographic Information/GIS Institutionalization in the 50 States: Users and Coordinators 95-12 On Information Modeling To Support Interoperable Spatial Databases 95-13 Understanding Guidance on GIS Implementation: A Comprehensive Literature Review 95-14 Collaborative Spatial Decision-Making Scientific Report for the Initiative 17 Specialist Meeting 95-15 NCGIA Research Initiative 8 - Formalizing Cartographic Knowledge Scientific Report for the Specialist Meeting Back to top 96-1 Image Registration using Multiquadric Functions, the Finite Element Method, Bivariate Mapping Polynomials and Thin Plate Spline 96-2 Algorithms for Hierarchical Spatial Reasoning 96-3 A Review of Spatial Population Database Design and Modeling 96-4 Creation of a Comprehensive Managed Areas Spatial Database for the Conterminous United States 96-5 Research Initiative 15: Multiple Roles for GIS in US Global Change Research 96-6 Critical Issues in GIS-Based Educational Module Development 96-7 GIS and Society: The Social Implications of How People, Space, and Environment Are Represented in GIS 96-8 Spatial Theory for the Integration of Resolution-Limited Data 96-9 Conference on Object Orientation and Navigable Databases 96-10 Spatial Technologies, Geographic Information, and the City 96-11 Modeling Behavior of Geographic Objects: An Experience with the Object Modeling Technique 96-12 GIS Laboratory Exercises: Introduction to GIS 96-12b Instructor's Guide for GIS Laboratory Exercises: Introduction to GIS Back to top 97-1 Multipurpose Land Information Systems Development Bibliography: A Community-wide Commitment to the Technology and its Ultimate Applications 97-2 Formal Models of Commonsense Geographic Worlds 97-3 Report of the ICA Workshop on Map Generalization 97-4 Spherekit: The Spatial Interpolation Toolkit