References and Suggested Readings

ASCE/ACSM/ASPRS, 1994.

Glossary of the Mapping Sciences, Bethesda, MD, 581 pp. Contains definitions for nearly 10,000 terms covering the broad professional areas of surveying, mapping, and remote sensing.

Burkholder, E. F., 1993.

Design of a Local Coordinate System for Surveying, Engineering, and LIS/GIS. Surveying and Land Information Systems, Vol. 53, No. 1, pp 29-40. Introduces local coordinate systems, how they can be derived, and their advantages over regional coordinate systems.

Johnson, G. W., 1985.

A Minnesota County Coordinate System. Paper presented at the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Minnesota Land Surveyors Association, February 8, 16 pp. Covers the development of a County Coordinate System in Minnesota. Explains the drawbacks of State Plane Coordinates, and the limitations of project coordinate systems.

Mitchell, H.C., 1945.

The State Plane Coordinate Systems (A Manual for Surveyors), US Coast and Geodetic Survey Special Publication 235, National Geodetic Survey, Silver Spring, MD, 62 pp. Defining manual for the State Plane Coordinate System of 1927, including an overview of the development of the system. Discusses in detail control surveys and computations, and includes defining parameters, formulas, tables, and a summary of legislation for the coordinate system.

Robinson, et al, 1995.

Elements of Cartography (6th ed.), New York: John Wiley & Sons, 664 pp. Introductory text in cartography; Chapter Four introduces concepts of geodesy, coordinate systems, and map scale. Chapter Five provides an overview of map projections.

Snyder, J., 1987.

Map Projections - A Working Manual, US Geological Survey Professional Paper 1395, US Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 20402, 377 pp. Compilation and discussion of map projection systems used by the USGS, including the appearance, usage, history, and equations for each projection. Contains a detailed discussion of map projection concepts such as latitude and longitude, datums, and scale.

Stem, J., 1989.

State Plane Coordinate System of 1983, NOAA Manual NOS NGS 5, National Geodetic Survey, Silver Spring, MD, January, 119 pp. Defining manual for the State Plane Coordinate System of 1983, including the parameters and equations necessary to perform computations. Provides background information on map projections, the state plane coordinate system, and related legislation.

U.S. Geological Survey, 1989.

Map Projections Poster, Reston, VA. Describes properties, characteristics, and uses of many historic and current map projections.

Vonderohe, A. P., et al., 1991.

Introduction to Local Land Information Systems for Wisconsin's Future, Wisconsin State Cartographer's Office, Madison, WI, 59 pp. Chapter Two covers a variety of topics related to spatial reference frameworks, such as the Public Land Survey System, the National Geodetic Reference System, GPS, and the Wisconsin High Precision Geodetic Network.

von Meyer, N., 1990.

County Coordinate Systems, ACSM Bulletin, June, pp. 51-52. Provides an overview of coordinate systems and their development, with a specific focus on county coordinate systems, and their advantages for certain applications.

von Meyer, N., 1993,

Wisconsin County Coordinate Systems, report to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Technical Services, August 31, 89 pp. Describes the development of a ground based statewide coordinate system for Wisconsin, including a summary of the projection design process and the coordinate system parameters.

Wisconsin State Cartographer's Office, 1992.

Wisconsin Geodetic Control. Madison, WI: Wisconsin State Cartographer's Office, 16 pp. Provides a broad discussion of geodetic control, why it is important, what it is used for, and its current condition within the state. Recent developments, including readjusted federal datums and the global positioning system, are highlighted.

Wolf, P. R., and R. C. Brinker, 1994.

Elementary Surveying (9th ed.), New York: HarperCollins College Publishers, 760 pp. General guide to surveying; includes topics on control surveys, satellite surveying systems, and the State Plane and Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate systems.
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