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Michael P. Peterson is an American geographer and cartographer whose fields of research include Geographic information systems and computer cartography in relation to the Internet and World Wide Web. ^{[1] [2] [3]} He has been a professor at the University of Nebraska Omaha since 1982. ^[1] He was also the president of the North American Cartographic Information Society between 1996 and 1997, as well as the editor of the journal Cartographic Perspectives from 1998 to 2001. ^{[1] [4] [5]}

Education and field

Peterson has both a Masters and Ph.D. in geography, with a B.A. in Earth Science from the University of Wisconsin in 1976. ^{[1] [6]} He received his Masters degree from Boston University in 1978 with a dissertation titled "An Evaluation of Cross-Line No-Class Computer Choropleth Mapping." ^[1] He completed his Ph.D. from the State University of New York-Buffalo in 1982. His thesis was titled "Map, Image and Mind: A Pattern Quality Test of Graduated Point Symbol Maps." ^[1] His research primarily focuses on implementation of GIS and computer cartography, especially as related to the internet. ^[2]

Career

Academic

Peterson's first academic position was a postdoctoral assistantship at the University of Zurich between 1981 and 1982. ^[7] He then became an assistant professor at the University of Nebraska Omaha in 1982, where he became a full professor in 1997. ^{[1] [6]} He has since remained a professor at the University of Nebraska. ^[4] He has held visiting, adjunct, and research collaboration positions at other institutions worldwide including the University of Canterbury and TU Wien. ^{[4] [8] [9]}

Research

Peterson's research has focused on developing and understanding cartographic and GIS practices, ethics, and applications. ^{[1] [10]} Peterson has investigated topics including animated mapping, computer cartography, and distributed GIS. ^{[11] [12] [13]}

Professional service

Peterson was vice president of the North American Cartographic Information Society from 1995 to 1996 and president of the organization from 1996 to 1997. ^{[1] [5]} He has also held leadership positions in the journal Cartography and Geographic Information Science and chaired an International Cartographic Association commission on maps and the internet. ^{[1] [14]}

Publications

Peterson wrote entries for choropleth mapping, isoline, and Web GIS in the Encyclopedia of Geographic Information Science. ^{[15] [16] [17]} He has authored or served as an volume editor for books including:

• Peterson, Michael P. (2017). Advances in Cartography and GIScience (1 ed.). Springer. ISBN  978-3-319-86137-1.
• Peterson, Michael P. (2014). Mapping in the Cloud. New York: The Guiford Press. ISBN  978-1-4625-1041-2. OCLC  855580732. ^[18]
• Peterson, Michael P. (2012). Online Maps with APIs and WebServices (Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography Book 0) (1 ed.). Springer. ISBN  978-3642274848.
• Peterson, Michael P. (2008). International Perspectives on Maps and the Internet: An Introduction. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer. ISBN  978-3-540-72028-7.
• Gartner, George; Cartwright, William; Peterson, Michael P. (2007). Location Based Services and TeleCartography (1 ed.). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer. ISBN  978-3-540-36727-7.
• Cartwright, William; Peterson, Michael P.; Gartner, George (2006). Multimedia Cartography (1 ed.). Springer. ISBN  978-3540366508.
• Peterson, Michael P. (2003). Maps and the Internet (1 ed.). Pergamon. ISBN  978-0080442013.
• Peterson, Michael P. (1995). Interactive and Animated Cartography. Prentice Hall. ISBN  978-0130791047.

Awards and recognition

Peterson's awards include an Honorary Fellowship from the International Cartographic Association in 2011, ^[2] the 2008 Higher Education Distinguished Teaching Award from the National Council for Geographic Education, and the 2000 Distinguished Service Award from the North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS). ^[1]

See also

• Brandon Plewe – American historical geographer
• Cynthia Brewer – American geographer
• Michael Frank Goodchild – British-American geographer
• Technical geography – Study of using and creating tools to manage spatial information
  • Quantitative geography – Subfield of geographic methods
  • Qualitative geography – Subfield of geographic methods

References

External links

• UN Omaha Geography official website
• Michael Peterson publications indexed by Google Scholar