Concepts_and_Techniques_in_Modern_Geography

<i>Concepts and Techniques in Modern Geography</i>

Concepts and Techniques in Modern Geography

Series of geography publications


Concepts and Techniques in Modern Geography (CATMOG), is a series of 59 short publications, each focused on an individual method or theory in geography.[1][2][3]

Background and impact

Concepts and Techniques in Modern Geography were produced by the Study Group in Quantitative Methods of the Institute of British Geographers.[3][4] Each CATMOG publication was written on an individual topic in geography rather than a series of broad topics like traditional textbooks. This à la carte approach allowed only purchasing publications on topics of interest, keeping each CATMOG relatively cheap and accessible, lowering student costs with early copies sold for around $2.00.[4] This also offered instructors more flexibility in designing courses.[5] The first of these publications was published in 1975, and the last in 1996.[1][2] Each was written by someone working professionally with its topic, which created some issues in consistency between publications in terms of expected knowledge level, and general formatting.[5] As they focus on core concepts of the discipline and were written by experts in the field, they are still often cited today when discussing specific topics.

While the CATMOG is out of print, it has been noted as an example for at least one similar publication, and is speculated to have inspired Scientific Geography Series.[6][7] The concepts are still relevant to GIS.[7] The Quantitative Methods Research Group (QMRG) at the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute for British Geographers) has made most of the CATMOG available to download for free on their website.[8][9]

List of CATMOGs

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See also


References

  1. Lyndhurst, Collins (1975). An Introduction to Markov Chain Analysis (PDF). Headley. Brothers Ltd The Invicta Press Ashford Kent and London. ISBN 0 902246 43 7.
  2. Hall, Tim (2019). "Reflecting on resources". Journal of Geography in Higher Education. 43 (1): 1–6. doi:10.1080/03098265.2019.1570091.
  3. Massam, Brian (1979). "Dear diary: comments on CATMOG". Journal of Geography in Higher Education. 3 (2): 54–63. doi:10.1080/03098267908708729.
  4. Webber, M J (1980). "Literature for teaching quantitative geography: technique by, for, but not of geographers". Environment and Planning A. 12 (9): 1083–1090. doi:10.1068/a121083.
  5. Wrigley, N (1985). "Review: Central Place Theory, Gravity and Spatial Interaction Models, Industrial Location, Scientific Geography Series,". Environment and Planning A. 17 (10): 1415–1428. doi:10.1068/a171415.
  6. Albrecht, Jochen (2007). Key Concepts and Techniques in GIS. SAGE Publications Ltd. ISBN 978-1412910163.
  7. "Quantitative Methods Research Group". Quantitative Methods Research Group (QMRG) at the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute for British Geographers). Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  8. "CATMOG Catalog". Quantitative Methods Research Group (QMRG) at the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute for British Geographers). Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  9. Clark, David (1975). Understanding Canonical Correlation Analysis. ISBN 0 902246 49 6.
  10. Johnston, R.J. (1976). Classification in Geography (PDF). ISBN 0 902246 54 2.
  11. Goddard, John; Kirby, Andrew (1976). An Introduction to Factor Analysis (PDF). ISBN 0 902246 55 0.
  12. Dixon, C. J.; Leach, B. (1977). Sampling Methods for Geographical Research (PDF). ISBN 0 902246 96 8.
  13. Gardiner, V.; Gardiner, G. (1979). Analysis of Frequency Distributions (PDF). ISBN 0 902246 98 4.
  14. Norcliffe, Glen (1983). "A CATMOG IN GLOVES CATCHES NO MICE". Journal of geography in higher education. 7 (2): 181–188.
  15. Richards, K. S. (1979). Stochastic Processes in One Dimensional Series: an Introduction.
  16. Gaile, Gary L.; Burt, James E. (1980). Directional Statistics (PDF). ISBN 0 86094 032 2.
  17. RIch, D. C. (1980). Potential Models in Human Geography. ISBN 0 86094 044 6.
  18. Bennett, R.J. (1981). Statistical Forecasting (PDF).
  19. Dewdney, J.C. (1981). The British Census (PDF). ISBN 0 86094 070 5.
  20. Silk, John (1981). The Analysis of Variance (PDF).
  21. Beaumont, John; Gatrell, Anthony (1982). An Introduction to Q-Analysis (PDF). ISBN 0 86094 106 X.
  22. Aplin, Graeme (1983). Order-Neighbour Analysis (PDF). ISBN 0 86094 126 4.
  23. Johnston, R.J.; Semple, R.K. (1983). Classification Using Information Statistics (PDF). ISBN 0 86094 133 7.
  24. Dixon, Chris; Leach, Bridget (1984). Survey Research in Underdeveloped Countries (PDF). ISBN 0 86094 135 3.
  25. Kirby, Roger (1985). Choice in Field Surveying (PDF). ISBN 0 86094 174 4.
  26. Dewdney, J.C. The UK Census of Population 1981. ISBN 0 86094 191 4.
  27. Pickles, John (1986). Geography and Humanism (PDF).
  28. Boots, Barry N. (1986). Voronoi (Thiessen) Polygons (PDF). ISBN 0 86094 221 X.
  29. Fotheringham, A.S.; Knudsen, Daniel C. (1987). Goodness-of-Fit Statistics (PDF). ISBN 0 86094 222 8.
  30. Goodchild, Michael F. (1986). Spatial Autocorrelation (PDF). ISBN 0-86094-223-6.
  31. Cox, Nicholas J. (1989). "Teaching and learning spatial autocorrelation: a review". Journal of Geography in Higher Education. 13 (2): 185–190. doi:10.1080/03098268908709084.
  32. Tinkler, Keith (1987). Introductory Matrix Algebra (PDF). ISBN 0 86094 224 4.
  33. Bracken, Ian; Higgs, Gary; Martin, David; Webster, Chris (1989). A Classification of Geographical Information Systems Literature and Applications (PDF).
  34. Martin, David (1993). The UK Census of Population 1991 (PDF).
  35. Jianfa, Shen (1994). Dynamic Analysis of Spatial Population Systems. ISBN 1 872464 07 6.
  36. Cook, Ian; Crang, Phil (1995). Doing Ethnographies.

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