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| Subject: | GISList: On requesting and responding to requests for assistance |
| Date: |
03/18/2002 04:39:32 AM |
| From: |
Duane F. Marble |
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Recently I responded to a short, open request for pointers to relevant materials.
This morning I received the following response from someone else (not the person
making the request!). We have worked a long time to build the GIS Master Bibliography
and to maintain it as FREE service to the GIS community. I really fail to see how a
suggestion that it be consulted could be construed as "sarcasm." If one has already
done so, then the request for assistance should be modified to to include that
information so that more directed responses can be provided. In any case a clear
statement of what you are looking for and what you have already consulted is far
more likely to produce useful replies.
rene.mercier@sympatico.ca wrote:
> > Gee....like I wouldn't have tried that already. If you don't have a helpful comment then why bother responding!!!!! You can keep your sarcasm to yourself Mr. Professor Emeritus of Geography.
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> > From: "Duane F. Marble" <marble.1@osu.edu>
> > Date: 2002/03/17 Sun AM 08:58:35 EST
> > To: dxhchina@chianren.com, gislist@geocomm.com
> > Subject: Re: GISList: GIS applications in population ecology
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> > You can start with the 17,000+ GIS-related references available on-line
> > at campus.esri.com under "library." Many of these have abstracts
> > available and some have pointers to on-line full-text files.
> >
> > --
> > Dr. Duane F. Marble
> > Professor Emeritus of Geography Telephone: 614-292-4419
> > Center for Mapping Fax: 614-292-8062
> > The Ohio State University
> > 1216 Kinnear Road Email: marble.1@osu.edu
> > Columbus, Ohio 43212
> >
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Dr. Duane F. Marble
Professor Emeritus of Geography Telephone: 614-292-4419
Center for Mapping Fax: 614-292-8062
The Ohio State University
1216 Kinnear Road Email: marble.1@osu.edu
Columbus, Ohio 43212
The (first) act of mapping was as profound as the invention of a number
system. The use of a reduced, substitute space for that of reality, even
when both can be seen, is an impressive act in itself: but the really awesome
event was the similar representation of distant, out of sight features. The
combination of the reduction of reality and the construction of an analogical
space is an attainment in abstract thinking of a very high order indeed, for it
enables one to discover structures that would remain unknown if not mapped.
-- Arthur Robinson, Early Thematic Mapping in the History of Cartography
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