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A. Jon Kimerling

Year hired:
1976
Specialty:
Cartography, remote sensing, geographic information systems
Research interests:
Ecosystem atlas of the interior Columbia Basin, GIS for fish/wildlife analysis, Global sampling grids, computerized landform portrayal
Recent Publications:

Heyman, O., G.A. Gaston, A.J. Kimerling and J.T. Campbell. 2003. "A Per-Segment Approach to Improving Aspen Mapping from High-Resolution Remote Sensing Imagery", Journal of Forestry, Vol. 101, No. 4, pp. 29-33.

Sahr, K., D. White and A.J. Kimerling. 2003. "Geodesic Discrete Global Grid Systems", Cartography and Geographic Information Science, Vol 30, No. 2, pp. 121-134.

P.L. Jackson and A. J. Kimerling. 2003. Atlas of the Pacific Northwest, 9th ed. , Oregon State University Press, 152 pp.

Kimerling, A.J. et al. 2002. Atlas of the Interior Columbia River Basin (web atlas) http://aicrb.geo.orst.edu

Kimerling, A.J. 2002 . "Predicting Data Loss and Duplication when Resampling from Equal-Angle Grids", Cartography and Geographic Information Science, Vol 29, No. 2, pp. 111-126.

Song, L. , A.J. Kimerling and K. Sahr. 2002. "Developing an Equal Area Global Grid by Small Circle Subdivision," in M. Goodchild and A. Jon Kimerling (editors), Discrete Global Grids. Santa Barbara, CA, USA: National Center for Geographic Information & Analysis. http://www.ncgia.ucsb.edu/pub/DGG/chapter1.html.

Goodchild, M. and A.J. Kimerling (editors). 2002. Discrete Global Grids. Santa Barbara, CA, USA: National Center for Geographic Information & Analysis. http://www.ncgia.ucsb.edu/pub/DGG/chapter1.html.

Kimerling, A.J. "Cartographic Methods for Determining the Qibla" , Journal of Geography, vol 101, no.1, 2002, pp. 20-26.

Kennelly, P. and A.J. Kimerling. "Modification of Tanaka's Illuminated Contour Method", Cartography and Geographic Information Science, Vol 28, No. 2, 2001, pp. 111-123.

Muehrcke, P. , J. Muehrcke and A.J. Kimerling. Map Use, 4th ed. Revised, Madison,WI: J P Publications, 2001, 647 pp..

Kennelly, P., and A.J. Kimerling. "Desktop Hachure Maps from Digital Elevation Models", Cartographic Perspectives, no. 37, 2000, pp. 78-81.

Kimerling, A.J., Sahr, K., White, D., and Song, L., 1999, "Comparing Geometric Properties of Discrete Global Grids," Cartography and Geographic Information Science, Vol. 26, No. 4, pp. 271-288.

Kimerling, A.J., and Thompson, W.C., 1999, "Map Design Enhancement for Terrain Visualization by Army Aviators," Cartographic Perspectives, No. 33, pp. 62-66.

Kimerling, A.J., White, D., Sahr, K., and Song, L., 1998, "Comparing Area and shape Distortion on Polyhedral-based Recursive Partitions of the Sphere," International Journal of Geographical Information Science, Vol. 12, pp. 805-827.

Recent Graduate Student Titles:

Pago Lumban Tobing Ph.D. 2003 "The Effects of Land Use Changes on Forest Fires in Major Islands of Indonesia"

Ofer Heyman, Ph.D. 2003 "A Per-Segment Approach to Improving Aspen Mapping from Remote Sensing Imagery and its Implications at Different Scales"

Jonathan Boright, M.S. 2003 "4D Data Visualization Incorporating Time into 3D Animations"

Dale Lindeman, M.S. 2003 "Multi-Spatial Scale Representation of Landscape Transitions using Landsat Thematic Mapper Data and Scale-Space Filters"

David Theirl, M.S. 2002 "Multivariate Thematic Map Visualization of the Oregon 2001 Drought"

Douglas Oetter, Ph.D. 2002, Land cover change along the Willamette River, Oregon.

Becci Dale, M.S. 2002, An Evaluation of Species-Area Curves Created from a Systematically Sampled Data Set Using an Automated Accumulation Technique

Eric J. Larsen, Ph.D. 2001, Aspen Age Structure and Stand Conditions on Elk Winter Range in the Northern Yellowstone Ecosystem

Robert (Zan) Strausz, M.S. 2000, An Application of Photogrammetric Techniques to the Measurement of Historic Photographs

Courses taught:
Geo 301 Map and Image Interpretation (4 cr)
Geo 360 Cartography (4 cr)
Geo 407 Seminar: From student to professional
Geo 460/560 Multimedia Cartography (4 cr)
Geo 445/545 Computer Assisted Cartography (3 cr)
Degrees:
PhD in Geography (Cartography), University of Wisconsin, 1976
M.S. in Geography (Cartography), University of Wisconsin, 1973
B.A. in Geography, University of Washington, 1972
Office:
252 Wilkinson Hall / phone (541) 737-1225
Email:
kimerlia@geo.oregonstate.edu


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