Thematic Cartography and Geovisualization

Author Biography

Terry A. Slocum is an Emeritus Professor with the University of Kansas where he taught cartography and statistics for 35 years and chaired the Department of Geography for eight years. He has published in a variety of acclaimed academic journals in cartography, geography, and geoscience. Professor Slocum has been affiliated with six grants from the U.S. National Science Foundation and received two Teacher Appreciation Awards from the Center for Teaching Excellence at the University of Kansas. Robert B. McMaster is professor in the Department of Geography, Environment, and Society at the University of Minnesota. He has authored or edited seven books, and his papers have been published in an array of academic journals. Professionally, he served as President of the Cartography and Geographic Information Society (CaGIS), President of the University Consortium for GIS (UCGIS), and as a Vice President of the International Cartographic Association (ICA). He served a three-year term on the National Research Council’s (NRC) Mapping Science Committee and a six-year term on the NRC’s Board on Earth Sciences. He has been named a Fellow of ACSM and UCGIS. Fritz C. Kessler is a professor in the Department of Geography at Penn State University. He has published in many highly acclaimed academic journals. He has co-authored Working with Map Projections: A Guide to their Selection with Dr. Sarah Battersby, also published by CRC Press. Professor Kessler currently serves on the Editorial Board for Cartographic Perspectives. He was past President of the North American Cartographic and Information Society, a Board of Director for Cartography and Geographic Information Science and the North American Cartographic Information Society, and Editor of Cartographic Perspectives. Hugh H. Howard is a professor of GIS at American River College in Sacramento, California. He earned his Ph.D. in Geography from the University of Kansas specializing in cartographic design and developed an expert system software application to aid students in designing better maps. He has won an Excellence in Education award from the California Geographic Information Association (CGIA), and a Lifetime Achievement in Geospatial Two-Year College Education award from the GeoTech Center. Hugh has worked as a cartographer for the U.S. Forest Service, the City of San Francisco, CB Richard Ellis, and Cartographics. He also taught GIS and managed GIS labs at Stanford University and San Francisco State University.