Concepts and Techniques in Modern Geography

Concepts and Techniques in Modern Geography (CATMOG), is a series of 59 short publications, each focused on an individual method or theory in geography. The CATMOGs were published by the Study Group in Quantitative Methods of the Institute of British Geographers, and were designed to be cheap and flexible for use in college courses. The series may have inspired similar publications, and the content is still relevant to researchers today.

Each CATMOG publication was written on an individual topic in geography rather than a series of broad topics like traditional textbooks and ranged between 40 and 70 pages. This à la carte approach allowed only purchasing publications on topics of interest, keeping each CATMOG relatively cheap and accessible, lowering student costs with early copies sold for around £1.30 or $2.00. This also offered instructors more flexibility in designing courses. The first of these publications was published in 1975, and the last in 1996. Each was written by someone working professionally with its topic, which created some issues in consistency between publications in terms of expected knowledge level and general formatting. As they focused on core concepts of the discipline and were written by experts in the field, they are still often cited today when discussing specific topics.

The CATMOG series was published between 1975 and 1996. While the CATMOG is out of print, it has been noted as an example for at least one similar publication, is speculated to have inspired Scientific Geography Series, and has been compared to the Briefs in Regional Science series. The concepts are still relevant to GIS. The Quantitative Methods Research Group (QMRG) at the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute for British Geographers) has made most of the CATMOG available to download for free on their website. The last CATMOG published in 1996 was included as a chapter in the book The Map Reader: Theories of Mapping Practice and Cartographic Representation.

List of CATMOGs

+ CATMOG number Title Author(s) Year ISBN 1 An Introduction to Markov Chain Analysis Lyndhurst Collins 1975 2 Distance Decay in Spatial Interactions Peter J. Taylor 1975 3 Understanding Canonical Correlation Analysis David Clark 1975 4 Some Theoretical and Applied Aspects of Spatial Interaction Shopping Models Stan Openshaw 1975 5 An Introduction to Trend Surface Analysis David Unwin 1978 6 Classification in Geography R.J. Johnston 1976 7 An Introduction to Factor Analysis John Goddard & Andrew Kirby 1976 8 Principal Components Analysis Stu Daultrey 1976 9 Causal Inferences from Dichotomous Variables Norman Davidson 1976 10 Introduction to the Use of Logit Models in Geography Neil Wrigley 1976 11 Linear Programming: Elementary Geographical Applications of the Transportation Problem Alan Hay 1977 12 An Introduction to Quadrat Analysis R. W. Thomas 1977 13 An Introduction to Time-Geography Nigel Thrift 1977 14 An Introduction to Graph Theoretical Methods in Geography Keith J. Tinkler 1977 15 Linear Regression in Geography Rob Ferguson 1977 16 Probability Surface Mapping. An Introduction with Examples and Fortran Programmes Neil Wrigley 1977 17 Sampling Methods for Geographical Research Chris J. Dixon & Bridget Leach 1977 18 Questionnaires and Interviews in Geographical Research Chris J. Dixon & Bridget Leach 1977 19 Analysis of Frequency Distributions V. Gardiner & G. Gardiner 1979 20 Analysis of Covariance and Comparison of Regression Lines John Silk 1979 21 An Introduction to the Use of Simultaneous-Equation Regression Analysis in Geography Daniel Todd 1979 22 Transfer Function Modelling: Relationship Between Time Series Variables Pong-wai Lai 1979 23 Stochastic Processes in One Dimensional Series: an Introduction Keith S. Richards 1979 24 Linear Programming: The Simplex Method with Geographical Applications James E. Killen 1979 25 Directional Statistics Gary L. Gaile & James E. Burt 1980 26 Potential Models in Human Geography David C. Rich 1980 27 Causal Modelling: The Simon-Blalock Approach Dennis G. Pringle 1980 28 Statistical Forecasting Robert J. Bennett 1981 29 The British Census John C. Dewdney 1981 30 The Analysis of Variance John Silk 1981 31 Information Statistics in Geography R. W. Thomas 1981 32 Centrographic Measures in Geography Aharon Kellerman 1981 33 An Introduction to Dimensional Analysis for Geographers Robin Haynes 1982 34 An Introduction to Q-Analysis John R. Beaumont & Anthony C. Gatrell 1982 35 The Agricultural Census – United Kingdom and United States Gordon L. Clark 1982 36 Order-Neighbour Analysis Graeme Aplin 1983 37 Classification Using Information Statistics R.J. Johnston & R.K. Semple 1983 38 The Modifiable Areal Unit Problem Stan Openshaw 1983 39 Survey Research in Underdeveloped Countries Chris J. Dixon & Bridget Leach 1984 40 Innovation Diffusion: Contemporary Geographical Approaches Gordon L. Clark 1984 41 Choice in Field Surveying Roger P. Kirby 1985 42 An Introduction to Likelihood Analysis Andrew Pickles 1985 43 The UK Census of Population 1981 John C. Dewdney 1985 44 Geography and Humanism John Pickles 1986 45 Voronoi (Thiessen) Polygons Barry N. Boots 1986 46 Goodness-of-Fit Statistics Alexander Stewart Fotheringham & Daniel C. Knudsen 1987 47 Spatial Autocorrelation Michael F. Goodchild 1986 48 Introductory Matrix Algebra Keith Tinkler 1987 49 Spatial Applications of Exploratory Data Analysis David Sibley 1988 50 The Application of Nonparametric Statistical Tests in Geography John Coshall 1989 51 The Statistical Analysis of Contingency Table Designs L. G. O'Brien 1989 52 A Classification of Geographical Information Systems Literature and Applications Ian Bracken, Gary Higgs, David Martin & Chris Webster 1989 53 An Introduction to Market Analysis John R. Beaumont 1991 54 Multi-Level Models for Geographical Research Kelvyn Jones 1991 55 Causal and Simulation Modelling Using System Dynamics Ian Moffatt 1991 56 The UK Census of Population 1991 David Martin 1993 57 Dynamic Analysis of Spatial Population Systems Jianfa Shen 1994 58 Doing Ethnographies Ian Cook & Phil Crang 1995 59 Area Cartograms: Their Use and Creation Daniel Dorling 1996

See also

Geographia Generalis Geographic Information Science and Technology Body of Knowledge How to Lie with Maps

References

External links CATMOG catalog including downloadable PDFs of most of the series.