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| Subject: | Re: [gislist] Just one GIS publication? |
| Date: |
01/07/2004 08:05:01 AM |
| From: |
RICK GRAY |
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GP
I currently receive a few hard-copy GIS publications in addition to the
on-line ones mentioned yesterday. I prefer hard copy because when I go
home from the office, the last thing I want to do is turn on the
computer. And if your workplace is anything like mine, you don't have
time to read the online stuff there.
I receive GeoWorld, GeoSpatial Solutions and the ArcNews collection.
Currently, I pay for none of these.
GeoWorld used to be my favourite, but I find that for the last year or
so it has become less and less appealing. As Dimitri put it - it seems
mostly like advertising disguised as articles. The one exception is
Joseph Berry's monthly article on raster GIS - a bit of classroom in the
magazine. More articles like that would be great. However, if I had to
pay the exorbitant subscription for this magazine, it would be dropped
in a flash (a Canadian subscription would cost me $90 US or about $140
Cdn - definitely not worth it).
GeoSpatial Solutions is new to me - I am only on my third copy. Perhaps
the novelty hasn't worn off yet, but I find the articles a little more
comprehensive than GeoWorld's. So far, at least, they seem to be more
applied, too. And it is FREE! Check out http://www.geospatial-online.com
. Also, it uses a slightly less glossy paper, which appeals to my
environmentally conscious mind.
Then there is the ArcNews suite of advertising - including Arc User
and, for us in Canada, Arc North News. I find the format of ArcNews
great for the lunch room. As for the other two - I find the articles are
almost always very interesting and the "workshop" type articles are very
informative. I always like to learn how to do new things with the
software, on top of reading articles about what others have done.
I once subscribed to a few others (Geomatica for instance) but I found
the cost/benefit ratio too high.
I hope this info is helpful in your "filtering" challenge. Perhaps a
SUM when you decide which ones you want to keep letting the list know
what you dropped and why and what you kept and why.
rg
Rick Gray
GIS Specialist, Ontario Weather Network
http://www.ownweb.ca
GIS Instructor
Ridgetown College, University of Guelph
http://www.ridgetowncollege.com/
Tel. 519-674-1554
E-mail: rgray@ridgetownc.uoguelph.ca
Ridgetown: -81.883 W, 42.450 N
>>> "GIS Punk" <gispunk@techie.com> 1/6/2004 12:11:19 PM >>>
Happy New Year! My New Year's Resolution is to clear out all the extra
publications I receive, both print and electronic, that I do not read.
So, if you had to pick just one GIS publication to read for a year,
what would it be?(Free is good, but I'm happy to pay for one that's
worth it.)
Thanks in advance.
GP
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