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Preface
For instructors, an instructor’s manual provides (for each chapter)
teaching tips on presenting the book’s material, a set of “tech tips” related to
software installation and usage, a set of key references for the chapter materials, and an answer key for all the lab activities. A test bank of questions is also
provided.
Acknowledgments and Thanks
Books like this don’t just spring out of thin air—I owe a great deal to the many
people who have provided inspiration, help, and support for what would
eventually become this book:
Steven Rigolosi of W.H. Freeman and Company, Editor Extraordinaire, for
invaluable help, advice, patience, and guidance throughout this entire project.
I would also very much like to thank Lisa Kinne, Kerri Russini, Stephanie Ellis,
Ted Szczepanski, and Jacqui Wong at W.H. Freeman for their extensive “behind
the curtain” work that shaped this book into a finished product. Thanks also go
to the copy editor, Thomas Martin, and Anthony Calcara, who helped with the
lab checking.
Neil Salkind, for great representation and advice. The students who contributed to the development of the YSU 3D Campus Model (Rob Carter, Ginger
Cartright, Paul Crabtree, Jason Delisio, Sherif El Seuofi, Nicole Eve, Paul Gromen, Wook Rak Jung, Colin LaForme, Sam Mancino, Jeremy Mickler, Eric Ondrasik, Craig Strahler, Jaime Webber, Sean Welton, and Nate Wood). Many of
the 3D examples presented in Chapter 14 wouldn’t have existed without
them. Jack Daugherty, for tech support, assistance with the labs, and help
with the GeoWall applications. Lisa Curll, for assistance with the design and
formatting of the lab applications. Grant Wilson, for his insightful technical
reviews of the ArcGIS 10 lab applications. Margaret Pearce, for using an earlier draft of the manuscript with her students at the University of Kansas and
for her extremely useful comments and feedback. Hal Withrow, for invaluable
computer tech assistance.
I also offer very special thanks to all of my professors, instructors, colleagues, and mentors, past and present (who are too numerous to list), from
Youngstown State University, the Ohio State University, Michigan State University, Old Dominion University, OhioView, and everywhere else, for the
help, knowledge, notes, information, skills, and tools they’ve given me over
the years. I am also deeply indebted to the work of Tom Allen, John Jensen,
Mandy Munro-Stasiuk, and the members of SATELLITES for some methods
used in some of the chapters and labs.
Finally, I owe a debt of gratitude to the colleagues who reviewed the original proposal and various stages of the manuscript. Thank you for your insightful and constructive comments, which have helped to shape the final
product:
Preface
For instructors, an instructor’s manual provides (for each chapter)
teaching tips on presenting the book’s material, a set of “tech tips” related to
software installation and usage, a set of key references for the chapter materials, and an answer key for all the lab activities. A test bank of questions is also
provided.
Acknowledgments and Thanks
Books like this don’t just spring out of thin air—I owe a great deal to the many
people who have provided inspiration, help, and support for what would
eventually become this book:
Steven Rigolosi of W.H. Freeman and Company, Editor Extraordinaire, for
invaluable help, advice, patience, and guidance throughout this entire project.
I would also very much like to thank Lisa Kinne, Kerri Russini, Stephanie Ellis,
Ted Szczepanski, and Jacqui Wong at W.H. Freeman for their extensive “behind
the curtain” work that shaped this book into a finished product. Thanks also go
to the copy editor, Thomas Martin, and Anthony Calcara, who helped with the
lab checking.
Neil Salkind, for great representation and advice. The students who contributed to the development of the YSU 3D Campus Model (Rob Carter, Ginger
Cartright, Paul Crabtree, Jason Delisio, Sherif El Seuofi, Nicole Eve, Paul Gromen, Wook Rak Jung, Colin LaForme, Sam Mancino, Jeremy Mickler, Eric Ondrasik, Craig Strahler, Jaime Webber, Sean Welton, and Nate Wood). Many of
the 3D examples presented in Chapter 14 wouldn’t have existed without
them. Jack Daugherty, for tech support, assistance with the labs, and help
with the GeoWall applications. Lisa Curll, for assistance with the design and
formatting of the lab applications. Grant Wilson, for his insightful technical
reviews of the ArcGIS 10 lab applications. Margaret Pearce, for using an earlier draft of the manuscript with her students at the University of Kansas and
for her extremely useful comments and feedback. Hal Withrow, for invaluable
computer tech assistance.
I also offer very special thanks to all of my professors, instructors, colleagues, and mentors, past and present (who are too numerous to list), from
Youngstown State University, the Ohio State University, Michigan State University, Old Dominion University, OhioView, and everywhere else, for the
help, knowledge, notes, information, skills, and tools they’ve given me over
the years. I am also deeply indebted to the work of Tom Allen, John Jensen,
Mandy Munro-Stasiuk, and the members of SATELLITES for some methods
used in some of the chapters and labs.
Finally, I owe a debt of gratitude to the colleagues who reviewed the original proposal and various stages of the manuscript. Thank you for your insightful and constructive comments, which have helped to shape the final
product: