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Acknowledgements

The author is grateful for advice and support in doing this work. Acknowledgements.

Books and Journals

Dontree, Suthinee. 2003. Land Use Dynamics from Multi-temporal Remotely Sensed Data: A Case Study Northern Thailand. Map Asia, 2003. [http://www.gisdevelopment.net/application/nrm/overview/ma03091pf.htm]

Eastman, J. R. 1999.Guide to GIS and Image Processing, Volume 1. Clark Labs, Clark University, 193 p.

Hadi, Abdul Samad, 1998. Post-Independence Developments, pp. 88-89. In Encyclopedia of Malaysia: The Environment, Volume 1. Archipelago Press, Singapore, 144 p.

Kahaner, D.K., 1996. Technology and Industry in Penang, Malaysia. Asian Technology Information Program (ATIP)Report ATIP96.107. [http://www.cs.arizona.edu/japan/atip/public/atip.reports.96/atip96.107r.html]. Date accessed: June 4, 2004.

Kamaludin bin Hassan. 1989. Significance of Palynology in Late Quaternary sediments in Peninsular Malaysia. Bulletin Geol. Soc. Malaysia 24, p. 57-66,

Kam, S. P. and Foo, L. K., 1989. Detection of Land Use Changes using Remote Sensing and GIS, GIS Development, Asian Conference on Remote Sensing, 1989. [http://www.gisdevelopment.net/aars/acrs/1989/G/ts7002.shtml]. Date accessed: July 4, 2004.

Lee Lik Meng and Tan TS, 2002. GIS For Plan-Making in Penang Island : The Road to Online Planning, The Online Planning Journal. [http://www.onlineplaning.org]. Date accessed: July 4, 2004.

Mazlani Muhammad, 1997. A Study Of Land Use/Land Cover Changes From 1988 To 1994 In Nilai and Surrounding Areas GIS Development, Asian Conference on Remote Sensing, 1997. [http://www.gisdevelopment.net/aars/acrs/1997/ps1/ps2021pf.htm] Date accessed: July 4, 2004.

World Climate, Bayan Lepas, Rainfall. Buttle and Tuttle Ltd. [URL: http://www.worldclimate.com/cgi-bin/grid.pl?gr=N05E100]. Date accessed: July, 2004.

Tamani, S. E., 2002. Visit to a GIS laboratory and MACRES, Training Course provided by Malaysian Technical Cooperation Programme- INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (MTCP-ICT 2002). [http://agrolink.moa.my/jph/dvs/mtcp2002/gis.html]. Date accessed: July 4, 2004.

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Maps

Land use map of Penang. Department of agriculture. [Map: http://agrolink.moa.my/doa/indexENG.html] & [Home (English version): http://agrolink.moa.my/doa/soil/lu_pen.html]. Date accessed: July 4, 2004.

Bosch, J. 1989. Quaternary Geology Map of Malaysia. Scale 1:1,000,000. Geological Survey of Malaysia. Base map by the Director of National Mapping, Malaysia.

Kamaludin bin Hassan. 1992. Quaternary Geology Peninsular Malaysia, Pulau Pinang, Seberang Prai, and Kuala Kurau. Scale 1:63,360 with cross-sections based on boreholes taken during 1985-1988. Geological Survey of Malaysia. Base map by the Director of National Mapping, Malaysia.

Semenanjung Malaysia, Pulau Pinang, 1977. Series L8010, Balik Pulau (sheet 28c), Scale 1:25,000 with 50-foot contour intervals. Surveyed in 1969. Director of National Mapping, Malaysia.

DATA

  • ASTER data. USGS - NASA Distributed Active Archive Center, URL [http://edcdaac.usgs.gov/about.html]. Date accessed: June, 2004.
  • ASTER documentation. GDS, Japan. URL [http://imsweb.aster.ersdac.or.jp/ims/html/MainMenu/MainMenu.html] and URL [http://imsweb.aster.ersdac.or.jp/ims/html/MainMenu/MainMenu.html]. Date accessed: June, 2004.
  • DEM data, Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM). URL [http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/srtm]. Date accessed: March, 2004.

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    Products

    Eastman, J. R. IDRISI, Clark Labs, Clark University, 2001. The maps produced for this project were made using the IDRISI computer program provided by Clark Labs at a greatly reduced student price.

    Silva Multi-Navigator Including a built-in electronic compass, altimeter, barometer, 12-channel parallel GPS receiver. The manufacturer claims an accuracy of 15 meters for the GPS and one meter for the alimeter when properly calibrated.

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