Earth 2 Class

Selected Print Resources about Mapping

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Harvey, P.D.A., 1980, The History of Topographical Maps. Thames and Hudson.

Nordenshiold, A.E., 1889, Facsimile-Atlas to the Early History of Cartography with Reproductions of the Most Important Maps Printed in the XV and XVI Centuries. (Dover Publication ed. 1973).

Sobel, D., 1995, Longitude: The true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time. Walker Publishing Co.

U.S. Geological Survey, 1978, "Nature to Be Commanded..." Earth-Science Maps Applied to Land and Water Management. Geological Survey Professional Paper 950. U.S. Government Printing Office.

Winchester, S., 2001, The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the birth of modern geology. Harper Collins.

Woodward, D. (ed.), 1975, Five Centuries of Map Printing. University of Chicago Press.

Internet Resources for "Imaging the Earth"

US Geological Survey http://www.usgs.gov/

“Digital Backyard” http://mapping.usgs.gov/digitalbackyard/

Terra Web http://terraweb.wr.usgs.gov/

TopoZone http://www.topozone.com/

TerraServer http://terraserver.homeadvisor.msn.com/default.asp

National Geographic Society http://www.ngs.org/

Scientific American article about sea floor mapping http://www.sciam.com/0697issue/0697pratson.html

NASA http://www.nasa.gov/

NASA Earth Science Enterprise http://www.earth.nasa.gov/
Goddard Space Flight Center http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission http://trmm.gsfc.nasa.gov
Jet Propulsion Laboratory http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/index.html
TOPEX-Poseidon http://topex-www.jpl.nasa.gov/
Quick Scatterometer (Ocean Winds) http://winds.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/quikscat/quikindex.html
ASTER/Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer http://asterweb.jpl.nasa.gov/

NOAA www.noaa.gov

National Weather Service www.news.noaa.gov

American Meteorological Society Education Program

“Water in the Earth System” (WES) http://www.ametsoc.org/amsedu/WES/home.html
“DataStreme” http://www.ametsoc.org/dstreme/index.html

LDEO Web Sites www.ldeo.columbia.edu

Remote Sensing http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/remote/remote.html
Climate Data Library http://ingrid.ldgo.columbia.edu/
International Research Institute for Climate Prediction http://iri.ldeo.columbia.edu/
Ocean Drilling Project (Borehole Research) http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/BRG/
Seascapes http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/datarep/index.html
Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) http://www.ciesin.org/

Dr. Benno Blumenthal's Presentation

General Resource http://ingrid.ldeo.columbia.edu/
Today's Presentation http://ingrid.ldeo.columbia.edu/dochelp/brief/

Technology Integration Resources

The Monster Project Directions
http://eiffel.ilt.columbia.edu/TEACHERS/cluster_teachers/instr_materials/monster.html

The Monster Project Official Website
http://www.monsterexchange.org/

Other resources related to the Monster Project:

http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/proj/monster/ - This is an educational project for K-9 graders.
http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr168.shtml - Education World Curriculum Article on The Monster Exchange.