Office Hours:
Wednesday: 1:00 - 2:30 p.m.Thursday: 1:00 - 2:30 p.m.

Jonathan Schroeder
A.B.D.
McCardell Bicentennial Hall 329
Phone: 802.443.5408
Email: js@middlebury.edu
Years at Midd: Since January 2007
Degrees, Specializations & Interests:
B.A., University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1998, Computer Sciences and English
M.A., University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, 2001, Geography
A.B.D., University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, 2005, Geography
Ph.D., University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, expected 2008, Geography


Research Areas:


• Map Design and Production
• Visualization and analysis of historical census data
• Population trends and patterns in U.S. cities
• Areal interpolation (integration of data from incompatible
   zonal systems)
• Automated cartographic generalization


Courses taught at Middlebury College:

GEOG 0310    
Fundamentals of Cartography
GEOG 0320    Geographic Information Systems
GEOG 0341    Research in Geography
GEOG 0420    Seminar on Geographic Information Systems
                         and Cartography


Selected Publications:


Schroeder, J.P.. 2007. Target-density weighting interpolation and uncertainty evaluation for temporal analysis of census data. Geographic Analysis 39, 311-335.

Conference Proceedings:

Schroeder, J. P. Trends in Patterns versus Patterns in Trends: A Key Distinction for Visualizing Geographic Time-Series Data. International Cartographic Conference. Moscow, Russia, August 4-10, 2007.

Schroeder, J. P. and R. B. McMaster. The Creation of a Multiscale National Historical Geographic Information System for the United States Census. International Cartographic Conference. Moscow, Russia, August 4-10, 2007.

Galanda, M., R. Koehnen, J. Schroeder, and R.B. McMaster. Automated generalization of historical U.S. census units. International Cartographic Association Workshop on Generalization and Multiple Representation. July 7-8, 2005.

McMaster, R.B., M. Galanda, J. Schroeder, and R. Koehnen. The creation of a national multiscale database for the United States Census. International Cartographic Conference. A Coruña, Spain, July 9-16, 2005.

McMaster, R.B., M. Galanda, J. Schroeder, and R. Koehnen. The creation of a national multiscale database for the United States Census. Cartographic and Geographic Information Society: Auto-Carto 2005. Las Vegas, March 21-23, 2005.

Galanda, M., R. Koehnen, J. Schroeder, and R.B. McMaster. Creation of a multi-scale database of historical U.S. census boundary data. GIScience 2004: Third International Conference on Geographic Information Science. College Park, Maryland, October 20-23, 2004.