READING LIST: USING A RETROSPECTIVE APPROACH TO MINE THE LITERATURE FOR GIS AND GISCIENCE NUGGETS.

READING LIST:USING A
RETROSPECTIVE APPROACH TO MINE THE
LITERATURE FOR GIS AND GISCIENCE NUGGETS
Prepared for the Applied Research Seminar
2016 Esri Federal User Conference
February 24-26, Washington, DC
Mining U.S. Federal Agency Materials
for GIS and GIScience Nuggets
Dr. Barry Wellar
Program Director, GIS Retrospective Project
Principal, Wellar Consulting Inc.
Professor Emeritus, University of Ottawa
August 31, 2015

Mining U.S. Federal Agency Materials for GIS Nuggets
2 | Seminar Reading List
1. Background to the Seminar Reading List
Details about GIS retrospective program objectives have been presented previously in
several documents. However, it is possible that not all readers have accessed these
materials. As a result, to assist in putting everyone reading this document on the same
page, I open the Background section with a brief summary statement about GIS
retrospective program objectives, and include links to several pertinent reports for those
who want to learn about the derivation of the objectives and related matters.
The following remarks appear sufficient to achieve a common understanding of the
objectives of the GIS retrospective program.
First, and consistent with a primary axiom of methodologically designed inquiries, the
GIS retrospective research project is organized around a question:
How can looking back at what has been done, or not been done in
the field of geographic information systems (GIS), contribute insights
into why and how the field of GIS could and should evolve in the
coming years?
With that question providing an overall sense of purpose, the reading list prepared for
the 2016 seminar is another step in the process of elaborating what we can learn from
the past, and how we can learn from the past, to inform the futures of three core, related
missions:
1. Designing, developing, and implementing geographic information
systems (GIS) technology;
2. Defining and elaborating the research methods, techniques, and
operations of geographic information science (GIScience); and
3. Using geographic information systems technology and/or
geographic information science in government, academia, business,
the media, and other organizations, as well as by individuals,
community associations, and other interests.
Information about the derivation and discussion of the objectives of the GIS
retrospective program is presented in a number of publications, which can be accessed
via the following links:
http://wellar.ca/wellarconsulting/AutoCarto_Six_Retrospective.pdf;
http://wellar.ca/wellarconsulting/IJAGR_AC_SixRetroReviewAndImplicationsPape
r.pdf; http://wellar.ca/wellarconsulting/COLLOQUIUM_PROCEEDINGS.pdf;
http://wellar.ca/wellarconsulting/COLLOQUIUM_SLIDE_PRESENTATIONS.pdf;
http://wellar.ca/wellarconsulting/Summary_GIS_Retrospective_Research_Colloqu
ium_FINAL.pdf; and, https://www.esri.com/esri-news/arcnews/summer15articles/
colloquium-urges-gis-specialists-to-look-to-the-past-to-inform-the-future.

The decision to include a reading list in seminar materials follows comments and
suggestions arising from the Colloquium on Using the Retrospective Approach to Mine
for GIS Nuggets, which was held at Esri in Redlands, February 13-14, 2015.
In brief, the idea of using the retrospective approach to mine the literature for GIS
nuggets was seen to introduce research design issues that are a major departure from
prior experience for many in the GIS and GIScience community. It was recommended
that I provide a selected body of publications to assist seminar attendees and other
interested parties better understand the seminar objectives and presentations, and
more comfortably participate in Q&A sessions and post-seminar discussions.
Based on prior reading list projects, I believe that for a new or significantly different
research activity such as this one on using the retrospective approach to mine for GIS
nuggets, it is advisable to begin at an indicative level, with emphasis on being broadly
illustrative rather than deeply comprehensive. Moreover, it is advisable to limit entries to
those which could be deemed original, fundamental, or basic building blocks. Additional
readings can be added as time and resources permit, or circumstances dictate.
For the purposes of this seminar, four bodies of pertinent readings are identified.
First and foremost are the papers prepared for AutoCarto Six Retrospective (section
A), which set out many of the concepts, ideas, needs, challenges and opportunities, as
well as principles and practices that underlie the evolution of GIS technology and
GIScience methodology.
The second body of publications is the papers and slide presentations prepared for the
Colloquium on Using the Retrospective Approach to Mine for GIS Nuggets (section B1
and section B2, respectively), and the third body (section C) consists of the articles
about GIS retrospective project activities published in the International Journal of
Geospatial Research (IJAGR).
These materials are what might be termed “required reading” .for the seminar. I do not
believe that they are sufficient for a number of attendees, but I do regard them as
necessary in order to more fully benefit from seminar presentations and the discussions.
Finally, a preliminary list of publications (section D) from various academic, government,
professional organization, and other sources has been compiled to supplement the
AutoCarto Six Retrospective papers, and the colloquium productions. It is anticipated
that more references will be identified in the coming months, and the current reading list
dated July 31, 2015 will be amended accordingly.
Again, the intention is to suggest readings which could be instructive for a wide range of
attendees, and our approach at this stage in view of resource constraints, as well as
uncertainty about the backgrounds of seminar attendees, is to be indicative and
illustrative rather than comprehensive and directive.

2. Papers from AutoCarto Six Retrospective
In this first-of-a kind publication, 38 authors re-visit themes that they wrote about 30
years previously in papers for the Sixth International Symposium on Automated
Cartography, held in 1983.
Many of the authors of papers in 1983 were already established contributors to the
literature on GIS and GIScience, and over the next three decades they went on to have
distinguished careers and become leaders in various aspects of GIS and GIScience.
It is instructive to read their comments about the value of retrospectively examining
what they were thinking, doing, and writing in years past, and about the importance of
making connections between past, present, and future activities in GIS and GIScience.
Authors and titles of papers in AutoCarto Six Retrospective are presented in section A.
SECTION A
Papers and Authors, AutoCarto Six Retrospective
Introduction to AutoCarto Six Retrospective Jack Dangermond
1 Design of AutoCarto Six Retrospective Barry Wellar
PART I: KEYNOTE AND PLENARY SESSION PAPERS
2 Early Thoughts about Automated Mapping in an
Information Society
Barry Wellar
3 The Evolution of an Operational GIS Ian Crain
4 Linking Information Society, Geography, and Decision
Support Systems and Services
Barry Wellar
PART II: GENERAL SESSION RETROSPECTIVE PAPERS
5 Introspective View of Toronto’s AutoCarto Six Paper Ralph Smith
6 Looking Back at the Feasibility and Prototype of the
Product Market Matching (PMM) System for Tourism
Planning and Development
Bernie Campbell
and Giulio Maffini
7 The Long-term Functioning of Geographic Information
Systems
Nicholas Chrisman
8 From Generalisation and Error to Information Overload
and ‘Big Data’
Mike Blakemore
9 Whatever Happened to the Statistical Surface? Barbara Buttenfield

10 Exploratory Steps towards the Contemporary World of
Geographic Information and Unexpected Consequences
David Rhind
11 Design of Maps for Telidon: Interactive Design of Maps
Revisited
Fraser Taylor
12 MIGS: From Cartographic Revolution to Evolution Steve Prashker
PART III: SPECIAL SESSION RETROSPECTIVE PAPERS
13 L’évolution de la cartographie thématique sur micro-
ordinateur
Jean-Paul Donnay
14 LACAD: Looking Back and Looking Forward at Simulating
and Visualising the Real World
Bob Itami and
Randy Gimblett
15 Adaptive Grids Then and Now Randolph Franklin
16 Fractals in Context: Fractal Enhancement for Thematic
Display of Topologically Stored Data
Marc Armstrong
and Lewis Hopkins
17 Soil and Agricultural Land Maps, from Mapping to GIS Jean-Philippe
Grelot
18 Fractals 30 Years After: A Retrospective of “Measuring
the Fractal Dimensions of Surfaces”
Mark Shelberg,
Nina Lam, and
Harold Moellering
19 The Photogrammetric Generation of Topographic
Information: A Brief History
Dierk Hobbie
20 The Map Overlay and Statistical System (MOSS) – A
Historical Perspective
Carl Reed
21 Automated Cartographic-Quality Map Feature Labeling John Ahn and
Herbert Freeman
22 Technology, Information, Communications and Instant
Maps
Chris Kissling
23 Early Electronic Atlases - Synergy between the Classical
and Modern Cartography and GeoVisualization
Eva Siekierska
24 Moonshot – USGS and Census Build TIGER Steve Guptill
25 Reflections on Data Transfer Between Software
Environments and the Challenges of GIS Teaching in a
Post-Secondary Institution
Robert Maher and
David Colville

26 A Retrospective on Designing Interactive Spatial Systems
Based on Real and Virtual Maps
Harold Moellering
27 Big Data: How Geo-information Helped Shape the Future
of Data Engineering
Robert Jeansoulin
28 Human Factors in the Design of Real-Time Cartographic
Displays – A Battle Lost?
Michael Dobson
29 The Class of 1980s: Contributions to Local Government
GIS Implementation and Management Methods
Rebecca Somers
30 On the Transfer of Remote Sensing Classifications into
Polygon Geocoded Data Bases in Canada
David Goodenough
and Gordon
Plunkett
Papers in AutoCarto Six Retrospective can be viewed at:
http://wellar.ca/wellarconsulting/AutoCarto_Six_Retrospective.pdf
3. Papers and Slide Presentations from the Colloquium on Using the
Retrospective Approach to Mine for GIS Nuggets
These materials provide a context for the seminar, define what is meant by “nuggets”,
elaborate what is meant by “the literature”, and discuss such critical topics as
retrospective research methodology, the rationale for and value of engaging in
retrospective research, and the value of retrospective research as a means of obtaining
additional returns on such initiatives as:
 Investments in acquiring, processing, disseminating, and applying
geospatial data, information, and knowledge;
 Investments in GIS technology;
 Investments in the application of GIS technology, and
 Investments in the development and application of GIScience
methodology (research methods, techniques, and operations).
The authors and titles of colloquium papers and slide presentations are listed in
sections B1 and B2, respectively.
SECTION B1
Papers and Authors, Research Colloquium on
Using the Retrospective Approach to Mine for GIS Nuggets
1 Developing a Compendium of Ideas on Using the Retrospective
Approach to Mine for GIS Nuggets: Initial Considerations
Barry Wellar
2 Abuse v. Care of Land, Water, and Air, 1990-2015: The Doomsday
Map and Stewardship Map Concepts as Compelling Arguments to
Barry Wellar

Retrospectively Mine the Popular Literature for GIS Nuggets
3 Searching for GIS Nuggets: Mining Annual Reports by Canada's
Commissioner of Environment and Sustainable Development
Barry Wellar
4 Mining for GIS Nuggets in Reports by Ontario's Commissioner of
Environment
Barry Wellar
5 Mining Open Data in Search of GIS Nuggets Gordon
Plunkett
6 Revisiting Classical Land Classification, Assessment, and
Management Literature to Inform GIS Research
Mike
DeMers
Research colloquium papers may be viewed at:
http://wellar.ca/wellarconsulting/COLLOQUIUM_PROCEEDINGS.pdf
SECTION B2
Slide Presentations and Authors, Research Colloquium on
Using the Retrospective Approach to Mine for GIS Nuggets
1 Fundamentals of Mining for GIS Nuggets: Introductory Remarks Barry Wellar
Approach to Mine for GIS Nuggets: Initial Design and Module
Considerations
Barry Wellar
Approach to Mine for GIS Nuggets: Populating the Questions
Module
Barry Wellar
4 Looking Back, Looking Ahead: Industry Thoughts for the GIS Retro
Colloquium
Jack
Dangermond
5 Mining Open Data in Search of GIS Nuggets Gordon
Plunkett
6 Abuse v. Care of Land, Water, and Air, 1990-2015: The Doomsday
Map and Stewardship Map Concepts as Compelling Arguments to
Retrospectively Mine the Popular Literature for GIS Nuggets
Barry Wellar
7 The Role of Federal Agencies in Directing the Research Agenda:
Is this a Case of the Cart Before the Horse? A TIGER Case Study
Tim Trainor
8 Searching for GIS Nuggets: Mining Annual Reports by Canada's
Commissioner of Environment and Sustainable Development
Barry Wellar

9 Preserving Institutional Memory: Capturing Knowledge Key to
GIScience
Stephen
Guptill
10 Mining for GIS Nuggets in Reports by Ontario's Commissioner of
Environment
Barry Wellar
11 Extracting Nuggets – Data Quality and Metadata Nick
Chrisman
12 Revisiting Classical Land Classification, Assessment, and
Management Literature to Inform GIS Research
Mike Demers
13 Integrated Land Evaluation – Story of a Track Not Taken Nick
Chrisman
Research colloquium presentations may be viewed at:
http://wellar.ca/wellarconsulting/COLLOQUIUM_SLIDE_PRESENTATIONS.pdf
4. GIS Retrospective Articles in the International Journal of Applied
Geospatial Research
At this time of writing (July, 2015), the International Journal of Applied Geospatial
Research has published two retrospective articles, and a third article has been accepted
for publication in the first issue of 2016. Details are presented in section C.
SECTION C
Articles about GIS Retrospective Project Activities Published in the
International Journal of Geospatial Research (IJAGR)
1. Wellar, B. 2014. Using the retrospective approach to commemorate AutoCarto
Six. International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research (IJAGR). D. Albert,
Editor. 5(1), 93-99.
2. Wellar, B. 2015. Review and implications of the AutoCarto Six retrospective
project. International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research (IJAGR). D. Albert,
Editor. 6(3), July-September, 73-90.
3. Wellar, B. 2016. (Forthcoming) Developing a compendium of ideas on using the
retrospective approach to mine for GIS nuggets: Initial considerations.
International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research. (IJAGR). D. Albert, Editor.
7(1) Jan-Mar.
Examination of these materials may be instructive for those wishing to know more about
why and how the retrospective approach was used to re-visit papers in the proceedings
of the AutoCarto Six Symposium, and to then move from that base into a Colloquium on
Using the Retrospective Approach to Mine for GIS Nuggets.

5. Results from Surveys and Literature Searches
In view of the modest scale of the seminar project, the survey and literature search
activity is prudently of an indicative nature. The three elements of the survey and
literature search activity are outlined as follows.
First, to the extent that time and resources allow, individuals and federal agencies
recognized for their contributions to GIS and/or GIScience are asked to suggest
published materials of a general nature (e.g., bibliographies, conference proceedings)
which are likely sources of GIS and/or GIScience nuggets.
Second, to the extent that time and resources allow, individuals and federal agencies
recognized for their contributions to GIS and/or GIScience are asked to suggest
published materials which address matters of current or (potentially) future interest, and
which are likely sources of GIS and/or GIScience nuggets.
And, third, to the extent that time and resources allow, literature searches are
undertaken using keywords from AutoCarto Six Retrospective papers, from the
colloquium papers and slide presentations, and from publications which I believe
provide critical insights into connecting the past, present, and future states of GIS
technology, GIScience methodology, and the uses of GIS and GIScience methodology.
Publications will be added to section D until the end of December, 2015.
As readers may recall, the past-present-future connection was elaborated by the late
Prof. William L. Garrison in discussions about designing the colloquium. His advice is
even more pertinent for this seminar, as we think about mining materials which
document 50 years and more of investments by federal agencies in GIS technology,
GIScience methods, techniques, and operations, and the uses of geospatial data,
geospatial information, and geospatial knowledge for legislative, policy, program, and
operational purposes.
Further, while our interest is not limited to digital productions, emphasis for the seminar
is on these more readily accessible publications. To the extent that assistance and
resources allow, significant publications which are currently available only in paper
format will be scanned and links provided for easy electronic access.
Before presenting the items obtained via surveys and literature searches, it is
appropriate to outline the design of this part of the reading list.
There are various ways to organize the materials in this section, but for the purposes of
the seminar I believe it advisable to list the publications in chronological order for
several reasons. They are outlined as follows.
First, documenting the times and sequences of ideas, developments, and events is
critical to understanding the unfolding of causal relationships during the evolution of GIS
technology, GIScience methodology, and the uses of GIS technology and GIScience
methodology. This is a difficult task, however, because we are dealing with a diverse
body of subject matter that has a publishing history of 50 or so years, and by no means

is the publishing record a precise match for the actual creation, discovery, etc., of ideas,
or the unfolding of developments and events.
That said, this is a very modest project, and under the circumstances a time-ordered list
is a reasonable and relatively effective means to track publication topics and authors,
and to contemplate past-present-future connections.
Second, carefully examining previous thinking and doing in GIS and GIScience, and the
uses of GIS technology and GIScience, could yield findings (a.k.a. nuggets) which
significantly contribute to present and future thoughts and deeds in GIS, in GIScience,
and the uses of GIS and GIScience in government, academia, business, etc.
Readers who have examined the published record as part of the background work for
dissertations, theses, project proposals, creation of legislation, development of policies,
public hearings, etc., are already aware from direct experience that the retrospective
approach is a matter of record.
However, as a general rule that work was done on an individual or small-group basis,
and what we have in mind for the seminar is very different. That is, we are engaged in a
much broader enterprise, in that the retrospective research is undertaken at an agency
level, and could entail hundreds if not thousands of personnel. Further, an even wider
level of engagement is anticipated through in-person and virtual participation in the
seminar event, and as a result of subsequent discussions.
The chronological approach promotes staying on course regardless of the number of
participants, but keeping track of who said or did what over time becomes increasingly
important as more players become involved in mining for GIS nuggets. From the
standpoint of both effectiveness and efficiency, therefore, the value of the time factor
cannot be over-emphasized.
Third, although the evolution of GIS and GIScience has a relatively short span of 50 or
so years, there have been a number of fundamental changes in GIS technology; in GIS
education, training, research, applications, management, etc.; as well as in attitudes
and actions in support of increased adoption of GIS in government, in business, and in
academic institutions from elementary schools through to colleges and universities. This
topic is discussed in detail in The Emergence of Geographic Information Systems as
a Core Public Policy Research Tool: Comments on the Paradigm Shift, which was
prepared as background material for the seminar.
Fundamental changes, a.k.a. revolutionary changes, are significant phenomena. It
therefore makes eminent good sense to be aware of such changes, and to mine them
for all they are worth as potential sources of GIS nuggets in any of the ways mentioned
above.
A number of entries in section D temporally track fundamental changes in GIS
technology, GIScience methodology, and their uses, and the references in those
documents suggest additional readings. Of particular significance are benchmarking
documents.

Finally, it was frequently noted during the AutoCarto Six Retrospective project, and the
colloquium project, that unfounded claims are often made about new or different ideas,
relationships, hypotheses, evidence, etc.
As pointed out in a number of communications, one seeming cause of the unfounded
claims was and is a failure to do proper literature searches of both digital and paper
productions.
This reading list is neither designed nor intended to address the failed literature search
issue from a methods perspective, but it does provide readers a number of reasons to
have due regard for both paper and digital productions when retrospectively mining the
literature for GIS nuggets.
That is, references in section D go back to the early days of GIS and GIScience
formation and evolution, and these references contain hundreds of additional
references, all of which were initially paper productions.
Or, to re-phrase for the purpose of emphasis, published works intended for general
consumption up until the 1980s were in paper format, and paper was the format of
choice for many productions well into the1990s. Accordingly, there is an abundance of
entries in section D which take readers back to the time when much of the original
thinking about GIS and GIScience was expressed and communicated via paper.
The chronological listing of publications in section D may therefore serve a double
purpose:
a. Drive home the requirement of beginning at the beginning when conducting
literature searches in order to achieve a robust retrospective research design;
and,
b. Ensure that mining for nuggets gets beyond derivative literature to the original
literature on GIS technology, GIScience methodology, and the uses of GIS and
GIScience.
SECTION D
Publications Resulting from Solicitations, Surveys, and Literature Searches
Ackerman, E. 1958. Geography as a Fundamental Research Discipline. Chicago: The
University of Chicago.
Anderson, J. 1961. Toward more effective methods of obtaining land use data in
geographic research. The Professional Geographer. XIII (6), 1-4.
Ackoff, R. 1967. Scientific Methods Optimizing Applied Research Decisions. London:
John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
Hemmens, G. 1968. Survey of planning agency experience with urban development
models, data processing and computers. Urban Development Models. ed. G.

Hemmens. Washington: Highway Research Board-National Academy of Sciences. 219-
230.
Steger, W. and Lakshmanan, T.R. 1968. Plan evaluation methodologies: Some aspects
of decision requirements and analytical response. Urban Development Models. ed. G.
Hemmens. Washington: Highway Research Board. 33-76.
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 1969. Request for Proposals No.
H-2-70 for Municipal Information Systems. Washington, DC: Department of Housing
and Urban Development, Contracts and Agreements Division.
Horwood, E. and H. Calkins, 1970. Perspectives on where we have been in
urban/region information systems. Papers of the Eighth Annual Conference of the
Urban and Regional Information Systems Association. 25-34.
https://library.esri.com/docs/138854.pdf
Aangeenbrug, R. 1971. An essay on the minimum requirements of a geographic
information system. Geocoding-71. Papers from the Working Session on Geographic
Base File Developments. ed. D. Cooke... Chicago, IL: Urban and Regional Information
Systems Association and Urban Data Processing, Inc., 67-71.
Wellar, B. 1971. Evaluation of selected major information system research and
development projects: Implications for the Wichita Falls, Texas municipal information
system (MIS). The Wichita Falls Consortium Phase I Report, Integrated Municipal
Information Systems Project. Section II, 18-138. Contract No. H-1217-Municipal
Information Systems, Federal Urban Information Systems Inter-Agency Committee,
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Springfield, VA: National
Technical Information Service, Operations Division, U.S. Department of Commerce,
NTIS No. PB-206 789-18.
Wellar, B. 1971. Monitoring change in urban housing and its environment. Papers,
American Society of Photogrammetry. Washington DC: American Society of
Photogrammetry. 174-203.
Wellar, B. and T. Graff. 1971. Geographic Aspects of Information Systems; Introduction
and Selected Bibliography. Exchange Bibliography 239. Monticello, IL: Council of
Planning Librarians. https://archive.org/details/geographicaspect239well
Tomlinson, R. 1972. Geographical Data Handling. Washington: National Technical
Information Service.
Wellar, B. ed. 1972. Perspectives on Geographic Aspects of Information Systems.
Lawrence, KS: Institute for Social and Environmental Studies, University of Kansas.
http://www.wellar.ca/wellarconsulting/PerspectivesOnGeographicAspectsOfInformation
Systems1972.pdf
Wellar, B. and T. Graff. 1972. Bibliography on Urban and Regional Information
Systems: Focus on Geographic Perspectives. Exchange Bibliography 316/317.

Monticello, IL: Council of Planning Librarians.
http://www.wellar.ca/wellarconsulting/BibloigraphyOnUrbanAndRegionalInformationSyst
ems1972.pdf
Janza, F. ed. 1975. Manual of Remote Sensing. Vol. I – Theory, Instruments, and
Techniques. Falls Church, VA: American Society of Photogrammetry.
Bowden, L. and E. Pruitt. eds. 1975. Manual of Remote Sensing. Vol. II. –
Interpretation and Applications. Falls Church, VA: American Society of
Photogrammetry.
Matthews, J. and K. Kraemer. 1975. Ten Years of URISA Proceedings: Indexes and
Abstracts. Washington, D.C. Urban and Regional Information Systems Association.
Horwood, E. 1977. Perspectives on URISA’s origin and on the emergence of a theory of
urban and regional information systems. Information System Inputs to Policies, Plans,
and Programs, Papers of the 15th
Annual Conference of the Urban and Regional
Information Systems Association , ed. B. Wellar. Vol. 1, Invited Papers. 2-19,
Kevany, M. 1977. Review: 15 Years of URISA geoprocessing. URISA Annual
Conference Proceedings ed. B. Wellar. Vol. II. 126-134.
Werner, R. 1977. Fifteen years of geoprocessing in education. URISA Annual
Conference Proceedings ed. B. Wellar. Vol. II. 135-149.
http://urisa.library.esri.com/cgi-bin/koha/opac-
detail.pl?biblionumber=146446&query_desc=au%2Cwrdl%3A%20wellar
Wellar, B. 1977. Evolution of information systems as essential infrastructure in urban
and regional governments. Papers from the 15th
Annual Conference of the Urban and
Regional Information Systems Association. ed. B. Wellar. Chicago: Municipal Finance
Officers Association. 1, 20-28. https://library.esri.com/docs/139551.pdf
Gschwind, R., R. Allen and W. Huxhold, 1982. Creating magic - an evaluation in
retrospect of the Milwaukee automated geographic information and cartographic
system. URISA Annual Conference Proceedings. 282-302.
detail.pl?biblionumber=145815&query_desc=kw%2Cwrdl%3A%20retrospective
Wellar, B. ed. 1983. Automated Cartography: International Perspectives on
Achievements and Challenges. Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on
Automated Cartography Vols. I and II. Ottawa: Auto-Carto Six Conference Committee,
Carleton University and University of Ottawa.
http://wellar.ca/wellarconsulting/AutoCarto_Six_Retrospective.pdf
Kevany, M. 1985. Assessment of automated mapping and geographic information
systems in local governments in the U.S.A. Comparative International Assessment of

Information Systems and Services in Local Governments. ed. B. Wellar. URISA
Conference Proceedings. McLean, VA: Urban and Regional Information Systems
Association. Vol. III, 82.88. https://library.esri.com/docs/139667.pdf
Wellar, B. 1989. Emerging trends in structuring and directing GIS research. Challenge
for the 1990s: Geographic Information Systems. Ottawa: Canadian Institute for
Surveying and Mapping. 601-609.
Wellar, B. 1989. In truth, what do we know about GIS? Proceedings of the 1989 URISA
Conference. II, 1-8. http://urisa.library.esri.com/cgi-bin/koha/opac-
detail.pl?biblionumber=90819&query_desc=kw%2Cwrdl%3A%20Wellar
Wellar, B.1989. The changing nature and role of the “geo-factor” and “GIS” in public
policy formation. Proceedings of SaskGIS ’89. Regina, SK: Central Survey and Mapping
Agency, Province of Saskatchewan. 83-94.
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. 1990. Geographic Information Systems Seminar:
The Coming of a New Decade -- What Have We Learned from the 80’s? Toronto:
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Canadian Institute of Surveying and
Mapping.
http://www.wellar.ca/wellarconsulting/GISSeminarTheComingOfANewDecade-
WhatHaveWeLearnedFromThe80s1990.pdf
Wellar, B. 1990. Science, applications, coherence and GIS; Seizing the moment.
GIS/LIS Proceedings. Vol.2. 854-871.
Wellar, B., D. Parr, and R. Somers. eds. 1990. Introduction to Geographic Information
Systems. Washington, DC: Urban and Regional Information Systems Association.
Wellar, B. 1991. Standards and IS/GIS, 1971-1991: Is the relationship getting better, or
just older? URISA Annual Conference Proceedings. Vol. 5.
detail.pl?biblionumber=133317&query_desc=au%2Cwrdl%3A%20wellar
Goodchild, M. 1992. Geographical information science. International Journal of
Geographical Information Systems. Vol. 6, No. 2. 87-104.
Smith, R. & Wellar, B.1992. A progress report on public policy objectives achieved
through IS/GIS/LIS. IS/GIS/LIS and Public Policies, Plans and Programs: Thirty Years in
Perspective. Eds. Wellar, B., and Parr. Papers from the Annual Conference of the
Urban and Regional Information Systems Association. V, 117-144.
Wellar, B. and D. Parr. eds. 1992. IS/GIS/LIS in Public Policies, Plans and Programs:
Thirty Years in Perspective. Washington, D.C.: Urban and Regional Information
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