Books Recommended About GIS & Catography
A to Z GIS: an illustrated dictionary of geographic information systems, by Shelly Sommer and Tasha Wade. ESRI Press, 2006.
Beyond Mapping: concepts, algorithms, and issues in GIS, by Joseph K. Berry. GIS World, Inc, 1993.
Cartographies of Danger: mapping hazards in America, by Mark Monmonier. University of Chicago Press, 1997.
Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems, by Michael N. DeMers. 2nd edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2002.
Geographic Information Systems: An introduction, by Tor Bernhardsen. 3rd edition. Wiley, 2002.
Geographic Information Systems and Environmental Modeling by Keith C. Clarke, Brad O. Parks, Michael P. Crane and Brad E. Parks. Prentice Hall, 2001.
Geographic Information Systems and Science, by Paul Longley, Michael Goodchild, David J. Maguire, and David W. Rhind. 2nd edition. Wiley, 2005.
Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop: The basics of ArcView, ArcEditory, and ArcInfo, updated for ArcGIS 9, by Tim Ormsby, Eileen Napoleaon, Robert Burke, Carolyn Groessl, Laura Feaster. ESRI Press, 2004.
How to Lie with Maps, by Mark Monmonier and H. J. De Blij. Second edition, University of Chicago Press, 1996.
Introducing Geographic Information Systems with ArcGIS, by Michael Kennedy. Wiley, 2006.
Map Use and Analysis, by John Campbell. Second edition, Wm. C. Brown Publishers, 1993.
Principles of Geographic Information Systems, by Peter A. Burrough and Rachael A. McDonnell. Oxford University Press, 1998.
Spatial Reasoning for Effective GIS, by Joseph K. Berry. GIS World, Inc, 1995. Includes a collection of mathematical formulae by Nigel Waters.