Geography Program
Dr. Mairs and students
Dr. John W. Mairs
Education
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BA, 1967, San Jose State College
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MA, 1972, San Jose State College
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PhD, 1977, Oregon State University
Contact Information
Postal
Taylor Hall
Department of Geography
Southern Oregon University
Ashland, OR 97520
Teaching and Research Interests
- Map analysis and interpretation
- Cartography
- Geographic Information Systems
- Remote sensing
- Physical Geography - geomorphology
- United States and Canada
- Steens Mountain, Oregon
Selected Publications, Presentations, Reviews, etc.
Mairs, J. W. and E. C. Reilly. 1994. The Applegate Partnership: watershed atlas project. Poster presentation at GIS/LIS Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ (October, 1994).
Winthrop, K. R., R. H. Winthrop, and J. W. Mairs. 1994. Archaeological and Ethnological Studies of Southwest Oregon and Crater Lake National Park: An Overview and Assessment. 2 vols. Prepared for the National Park Service, Seattle, WA. Contract No. CX-9000-9-PO13.
---- 1992. The uses of public lands: a geographer’s view of the Steens Mountain controversy. Inaugural Professorial Lecture Series, Southern Oregon State College (March 9, 1992).
---- 1992. Review of “Atlas of Lane County, Oregon” by J. E. Meacham. In Cartography and Geographic Information Systems 19:2 (April, 1992).
---- 1992. Steens Mountain, Oregon: park or pasture on public lands? Paper presentation, Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA (April, 1992).
McIntyre, M. P., H. P. Eilers, J. W. Mairs, 1991. Physical Geography 5th ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
