Background
Getis, Arthur was born on July 6, 1934 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Samuel J. and Sophie Getis.
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Boots and Getis provide a concise explanation of point pattern analysis - a series of techniques for identifying patterns of clustering or regularity in a set of geographical locations. They discuss quadrat and distance methods of measurement, and consider the problems associated with these methods. The authors also outline and compare other measures of arrangement, suggesting when these techniques should be used.
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Arthur Getis's The Tyranny of Data traces the manifold links between institutional and scholarly practices in the exciting field of contemporary geography. In 1995 Professor Getis was honored by SDSU's Graduate Division and Research as the University's tenth University Research Lecturer. The lecture he delivered was entitled "The Tyranny of Data" and is reproduced here, along with Getis's "Scholarship, Leadership, and Quantitative Methods," which touches on many related subjects. Arthur Getis is a Professor Emeritus of Geography at San Diego State University. He received his Ph.D. in Geography from the University of Washington in 1961. He has Master and Bachelor degrees from the Pennsylvania State University. Within GIScience, Getis' specialties include spatial statistics, pattern analysis, urban geography, and disease and crime clustering... Getis' record of sustained contributions over the past forty years distinguishes him among scholars in GIScience. Getis has authored more than one hundred refereed journal articles and book chapters about various aspects of GIScience. Throughout his career, Getis' interests in urban and population geography led him to develop tools to solve important problems in analyzing spatial patterns. In turn, the use of those tools and models have helped others understand how spatial analysis can enhance work in their own field of research. As a result, Getis has been a great evangelist for geographic applications in other disciplines such as economics, criminology, public health, regional science, and demography.
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Getis Introduction to Geography 14e is written to clearly and concisely convey the nature of the field of geography, its intellectual challenges, and the logical interconnections of its parts. Even if students take no further work in geography, they will have come into contact with the richness and breadth of Geography and have new insights and understandings for their present and future roles as informed adults. This new edition provides students content and scope of the subfields of geography, emphasize its unifying themes, and provide the foundation for further work in their areas of interest. A useful textbook must be flexible enough in its organization to permit an instructor to adapt it to the time and subject matter constraints of a particular course. Although Getis Introduction to Geography is designed with a one-quarter or one-semester course in mind, this text may be used in a full-year introduction to geography when employed as a point of departure for special topics and amplifications introduced by the instructor or when supplemented by additional readings and class projects.
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Getis, Arthur was born on July 6, 1934 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Samuel J. and Sophie Getis.
Bachelor of Science, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1956. Master of Science, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1958. Doctor of Philosophy, University Washington, Seattle, 1961.
Assistant instructor geography, U. Washington, 1960-1961;
assistant professor, Michigan State University, 1961-1963;
faculty, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1963-1977;
professor geography, Rutgers University, 1969-1977;
director graduate programs in geography, Rutgers University, 1970-1973;
chairman New Brunswick geography department, Rutgers University, 1971-1973;
professor geography, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1977-1990;
professor geography, San Diego State University, since 1990;
doctoral program coordinator, San Diego State University, 1990-1992;
Stephen/Mary Birch Foundation Endowed Chair of Geography Studies, San Diego State University, since 1992;
Albert W. Johnson University Research Lectureship, San Diego State University, 1995;
head Department, University Illinois, 1977-1983;
director School Social Sciences, University of Illinois, 1983-1984;
centennial fellow, Pennsylvania State University, 1996;
A. Robinson lecturer, Ohio State University, 1999. Visiting lecturer Bristol U., England, 1966-1967, University of California at Los Angeles, summers 1968, 74, U. B.C., 1969. Visiting professor Princeton University, 1971-1974.
Visiting distinguished professor San Diego State University, 1989. Member Regional Science Research Group, Harvard University, 1970. Panelist National Science Foundation, 1981-1983.
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Member Urbana Zoning Board Appeals, 1980-1984. Co-president University High School Parent-Faculty Organization, 1982-1983. Board directors University Consortium for Geography Information Sciences, 1997-2004, president-elect, 2000-2002, president 2002-2003.
Executive committee member Geography Analysis, 2010. Fellow Western Regional Science Association (board directors 1992-1997, president 1998-1999), Regional Science Association International (president Northeast section 1973-1974, board directors 1998-2007). Member Association American Geographers (grantee 1964-1965, visiting scientist 1970-1972, chair mathematics models and quantitative methods specialty group 1991-1992, honors for distinguished scholarship 2002, Robert T. Aangeenbrug Distinguished Career award), International Institute British Geographers, International Geography Union (secretary commission mathematics models 1988-1996), Sigma Xi.
Married Judith M. Marckwardt, July 23, 1961. Children: Hilary Hope Tarazi, Victoria Lynn, Anne Patterson Tibbetts.