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professional writing


A GIS-based Framework for Earth Systems Modeling and Global Design. In: Geoinformatics for Climate Change Studies, 2010. With Jack Dangermond. (In review.)

What’s the Key to User-Generated Content (UGC)? Structure! In: GeoSpatial Today, January 2010. (In press)


Visualizing Time in GIS: Time Awareness Leads to Better Understanding of Complex Geographies. In: ArcNews, Winter 2009/2010.

GIS Professionals Lead the GeoWeb Revolution. In: ArcNews, Fall 2009.

What Is The Geographic Approach? In: ArcWatch, August 2009. With Jim Baumann.

Spatial Concepts in GIS and Design. In: ArcNews, Summer 2009.

GISandScience.com blog. Writer/Editor, December 2009-present.


Essays on Geography and GIS: Volume 2.GIS Best Practices, July 2009. Editor.

Social Sciences.GIS Best Practices, July 2009. Editor.

GIS Enters the Design Space. In: ArcWatch, June 2009.

GIS is a Green Technology.GIS Best Practices, January 2009. Editor.

GIS and Science.GIS Best Practices, November 2008. Editor.


GIS for Climate Change.GIS Best Practices, November 2008. Editor and Contributing Author.

Essays on Geography and GIS: Volume 1.GIS Best Practices, September 2008. Editor.

Science and Our Changing Climate.Redlands Daily Facts, January 30, 2008.

GIS for Air Quality.GIS Best Practices, December 2007. Editor.

ArcWatch. Founding Editor, 1997.

ArcNews. Editorial Advisory Board. 1994-present.

ArcNews. Editor, Summer-Fall 1994. With Jim Baumann.

ArcCAD Integrates GIS System. In: AutoCAD World, July 1994.

Integrating CAD and GIS. In: Geodetical Info, October 1993.


Report of the Geographic Information Task Force. State of California, Governor's Office, Office of Planning and Research. April, 1993. Contributing author.

What The Heck Is GIS Anyway? In: Professional Surveyor, March/April 1993.

CAD and GIS Applications in Highway Noise Modeling. In: INTER-NOISE 89, Proceedings of the 1989 International Conference on Noise Control Engineering: Engineering for Environmental Noise Control. December 1989.


Impacts of Linear Corridors on Perennial Vegetation in the East Mojave Desert: Implications for Environmental Management and Planning. In: Natural Areas Journal. Vol. 9, No. 2, April 1989.

Temporal Changes in the Diversity of Artifact and Material Types at a Site in Cajon Pass, California.Symposium on the Quaternary History of the Mojave Desert. San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands, CA, June 25-26, 1988.

Environmental Assessment: Modification of Wastewater Treatment Ponds, Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex, Fort Irwin, California.Jet Propulsion Laboratory Publication 87-10. Primary author.

Environmental Assessment: Upgrade of Hazardous Materials Storage Areas, Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex, Fort Irwin, California.Jet Propulsion Laboratory Publication 87-9. Primary author.

Design Guidelines Manual. Planning Department, City of Placentia, California, March 1986. With Joyce Rosenthal and Richard Hendricksen.

Amuscupiabit: A Proto-historic Serrano Village in the Cajon Pass, California. Anthropology Laboratory, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, May 1985.


Data Processing and the Analysis of the Artifacts from SBCM2, Cajon Pass, California.Application of Advanced Technology to the Discipline of Archaeology. Meeting of the Society for California Archaeology: San Diego, California, March 28-30, 1985.

Dualism in Folklore and Myth. In: Man and His Habitat. Vol. 3, No. 1, Spring 1985.

Human Populations in Arctic Areas: Subsistence Economy Adaptations and Resource Availability. In: Man and His Habitat. Vol. 2, No. 1, Winter 1984.

personal writing



A Life Outside. A funny, irreverent look at outdoor activities from rock climbing and mountaineering to kayaking and mountain biking, A Life Outside brings together a selection of non-fiction and fiction writings from mOthEr rOck, FunPig, TopRope, Dirt Rag, Vertical Jones, What's the Beta?, Rock & Ice, and other publications. October 2007. Order from Amazon.com


Boulderfest! The Snow Valley Bouldering Guide. Your guide to countless hours of painful, bloody, and joyful bouldering in Southern California's San Bernardino Mountains. First edition is out of print; second edition will be available April 2010 on Amazon.com!

Death Valley…By Kayak?. Highland Community News, March 5, 2005.

Confessions of a Dirtbag Mountain Biker. Dirt Rag, Issue #93 (05.15.02).


Not Fixing Your Own Flats, and the Decline of Western Civilization. Dirt Rag, Issue #92 (04.01.02).

The Stone Apocalypse, Episode Four: The Malt Liquor of Bouldering. ClimbingChannel, 2000.

The Stone Apocalypse, Episode Three: Mr. Peabody's Traveling Side Show. ClimbingChannel, 2000.

What About B.O.B.? Mountain Bikes and Cash Crops in the San Bernardino Mountains. Dirt Rag, Issue #77 (02.15.00).

Taking Back America. FunPig, Winter 1999-2000.

Of Spicey Meatloaf, Blackened Voodoo, and the Life of a Leo. TopRope, Winter 1999.


Black Death: The Dirt Rag Interview. Dirt Rag, Issue #74 (08.15.99).

The Stone Apocalypse, Episode Five: Prodigy in the Pines. TopRope, Summer 1999.

My Cards on the Table. FunPig, Summer 1999.

Muddy Little Secret. FunPig, Summer 1999.

FunPig magazine. Editor, 1999-2000.


The Stone Apocalypse, Episode Two: The "V" is for Vortex. Vertical Jones, Summer 1999.

The Boneyard. Boulderfest, June 1999.

The Stone Apocalypse, Episode One: Every Journey Has a Beginning. What's the Beta?, February 1999.

To V or Not to V. mOthEr rOck, September/October 1998.

Mississippi Mud, Vision Quests, and Things Left Unclimbed. mOthEr rOck, July/August 1998.

Vermin Speaks: The mOthEr rOck Beer Interview with John Sherman. mOthEr rOck, May/June 1998.

Holistic Healing and the Value of Malt Beverages. mOthEr rOck, March/April 1998.

Interview with a Stonemaster: A Conversation with Robs John Muir. mOthEr rOck, January/February 1998.

Dream of the Red Giraffes. mOthEr rOck, January/February 1998.

Dawn Patrol. mOthEr rOck, July/August 1997.

Shootout in the High Desert. mOthEr rOck, May/June 1997.

Adventures of the Mediocre. mOthEr rOck, November/December 1996.


The Ultimate Eastern Sierra Road Trip. mOthEr rOck, November/December 1996.

The Adventures of Matt and Matt: The 24 Hour Grand Tour of the Eastern Sierras. What's the Beta?, November 1996.

Jugs Over the Sand, Landers. mOthEr rOck, July/August 1996.

Rotten Rock Valley, Lake Arrowhead. mOthEr rOck, July/August 1996.

mOthEr rOck magazine. Editor/Publisher, 1996-98.

Aiguille de Joshua Tree, North Face. What's the Beta?, April 1996.

Rock and Ice magazine. Correspondent, 1996-99.



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