Books by "Timothy A. Springer"
5 books found
Whether you're stopping for a day trek or taking a weekend getaway, hit the road and hike the legendary trail with Moon Drive & Hike Appalachian Trail. Make your escape on shorter trips from major cities or drive the entire three-week route from Georgia to Maine Find your hike along the Appalachian Trail with detailed trail descriptions, mileage, difficulty ratings, and tips for picking the right section of the trail for you Discover adventures off the trail: Immerse yourself in the spirit of colorful trail towns, peep the changing leaves in the Berkshires, and cruise the sun-dappled Skyline Drive. Kick back after a day hike at a microbrewery in Asheville, dig in to southern barbecue (hey, you've earned it), or unwind in the coffee shops and art galleries of a hip New England hamlet Take it from avid hiker Timothy Malcolm, who shares his insight on the best views, waterfalls, mountains, and (of course!) breweries Full-color photos, strategic itineraries, easy-to-use maps and site-to-site driving times Get the lowdown on when and where to get gas, how to avoid traffic, and braving different road and weather conditions, plus tips for LGBTQ travelers, seniors, and road-trippers with kids With Moon Drive & Hike Appalachian Trail's practical tips and local know-how, you're ready to lace up your hiking boots, pick a trailhead, and embark on your adventure. Doing more than driving through? Check out Great Smoky Mountains National Park or Moon Best of Acadia. About Moon Travel Guides: Moon was founded in 1973 to empower independent, active, and conscious travel. We prioritize local businesses, outdoor recreation, and traveling strategically and sustainably. Moon Travel Guides are written by local, expert authors with great stories to tell—and they can't wait to share their favorite places with you. For more inspiration, follow @moonguides on social media.
The SAGE Handbook of GIS and Society
by Timothy Nyerges, Helen Couclelis, Robert McMaster
2011 · SAGE Publications
"The definitive guide to a technology that succeeds or fails depending upon our ability to accommodate societal context and structures. This handbook is lucid, integrative, comprehensive and, above all, prescient in its interpretation of GIS implementation as a societal process." - Paul Longley, University College London "This is truly a handbook - a book you will want to keep on hand for frequent reference and to which GIS professors should direct students entering our field... Selection of a few of the chapters for individual attention is difficult because each one contributes meaningfully to the overall message of this volume. An important collection of articles that will set the tone for the next two decades of discourse and research about GIS and society." - Journal of Geographical Analysis Over the past twenty years research on the evolving relationship between GIS and Society has been expanding into a wide variety of topical areas, becoming in the process an increasingly challenging and multifaceted endeavour. The SAGE Handbook of GIS and Society is a retrospective and prospective overview of GIS and Society research that provides an expansive and critical assessment of work in that field. Emphasizing the theoretical, methodological and substantive diversity within GIS and Society research, the book highlights the distinctiveness and intellectual coherence of the subject as a field of study, while also examining its resonances with and between key themes, and among disciplines ranging from geography and computer science to sociology, anthropology, and the health and environmental sciences. Comprising 27 chapters, often with an international focus, the book is organized into six sections: Foundations of Geographic Information and Society Geographical Information and Modern Life Alternative Representations of Geographic Information and Society Organizations and Institutions Participation and Community Issues Value, Fairness, and Privacy Aimed at academics, researchers, postgraduates, and GIS practitioners, this Handbook will be the basic reference for any inquiry applying GIS to societal issues.
The most readable and relevant numerical analysis text is now infused with web links at point-of-use.Numerical Analysis, 3rd Edition is written for students of engineering, science, mathematics, and computer science who have completed elementary calculus and matrix algebra. The book covers both standard topics and some of the more advanced numerical methods used by computational scientists and engineers, while maintaining a level appropriate for undergraduates. Students learn to construct and explore algorithms for solving science and engineering problems while situating these algorithms in a landscape of some potent and far-reaching principles. Specifically, the author cultivates a grasp of the fundamental concepts that permeate numerical analysis, including convergence, complexity, conditioning, compression, orthogonality, and its competing concerns of accuracy and efficiency.MATLAB® software is used both for exposition of algorithms and as a suggested platform for student assignments and projects. The 3rd Edition is web enhanced, with over 200 short URLs that take students beyond the book to useful digital resources created to support their use of the text.
This book examines the synthesis of globalizing influences that precipitated the anti-authoritarian revolts in West Germany in the 1960s and 1970s.
WE ALL ASK QUESTIONS OF GOD. BUT WHAT IF HE REVEALED HIS GRAND DESIGN TO US. HOW WOULD WE RESPOND? What if He showed us a day in the life of a community, as seen through His eyes? Only God knows how one life touches and affects the next in the grand design. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if He showed us how He sees the world? Stephen is arrested for drug possession and rape and faces a prison sentence. His elderly mother prays daily for his redemption, yet the middle-aged ne’er-do-well may never find peace. His mother’s prayers will be answered, and she will be the indirect cause when she proudly rebuffs a young man who holds the door for her. The young man will fail an important job interview as a result. The chain of events that follows will lead a drug pusher on a harrowing chase for his freedom, a leading candidate to put the election at risk, and a silver-haired hero to save a flaming woman from an inferno.