Many articles are also available through Ryerson University's digital commons at http://digitalcommons.ryerson.ca/.

Peer-reviewed journal articles

  1. A. Sani, C. Rinner (2011) A Scalable GeoWeb Tool for Argumentation Mapping. Geomatica 65(2): 145-156
    http://pubs.cig-acsg.ca/doi/abs/10.5623/cig2011-023 (abstract)
  2. C. Rinner, M. Hussain (2011) Toronto’s Urban Heat Island - Exploring the Relationship between Land Use and Surface Temperature. Remote Sensing 3(6): 1251-1265
    http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs3061251 (full text)
  3. C. Rinner, B. Moldofsky, M.D. Cusimano, S.P. Marshall, T. Hernandez (2011) Exploring the Boundaries of Web Map Services: The Example of the Online Injury Atlas for Ontario. Transactions in GIS 15(2): 129-145
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9671.2011.01247.x (abstract)
  4. C.Rinner, D. Patychuk, K. Bassil, S. Nasr, S. Gower, M. Campbell (2010) The Role of Maps in Neighborhood-Level Heat Vulnerability Assessment for the City of Toronto. Cartography and Geographic Information Science 37(1): 31-44
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1559/152304010790588089 (abstract)
  5. M.D. Cusimano, S.P. Marshall, C. Rinner, D. Jiang, M. Chipman (2010) Patterns of Urban Violent Injury: A Spatio-Temporal Analysis. PLoS ONE 5(1): e8669
    http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0008669 (full text)
  6. J. Cinnamon, C. Rinner, M. Cusimano, S. Marshall, T. Bekele, T. Hernandez, R. Glazier, M. Chipman (2009) Evaluating Web-based Static, Animated, and Interactive Maps for Injury Prevention. Geospatial Health 4(1): 3-16
    http://www.geospatialhealth.unina.it/summary.php?ida=78 (full text)
  7. J. Cinnamon, C. Rinner, M. Cusimano, S. Marshall, T. Bekele, T. Hernandez, R. Glazier, M. Chipman (2009) Online Map Design for Public Health Decision-Makers. cartographica 44(4): 289-300
    http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/carto.44.4.289 (abstract)
  8. C. Sidlar, C. Rinner (2009) Utility Assessment of a Map-Based Online Geo-Collaboration Tool. Journal of Environmental Management 90(6): 2020-2026
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2007.08.030 (abstract)
  9. C. Rinner, M. Bird (2009) Evaluating Community Engagement through Argumentation Maps - A Public Participation GIS Case Study. Environment and Planning B 36(4): 588-601
    http://www.envplan.com/abstract.cgi?id=b34084 (abstract)
  10. C. Rinner, C. Keßler, S. Andrulis (2008) The Use of Web 2.0 Concepts to Support Deliberation in Spatial Decision-Making. Computers, Environment and Urban System 32(5): 386-395
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2008.08.004 (abstract)
  11. C. Rinner (2007) A Geographic Visualization Approach to Multi-Criteria Evaluation of Urban Quality of Life. International Journal of Geographical Information Science 21(8): 907-919
    http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=1365%2d8816&issue=8&spage=907&volume=21 (abstract)
  12. C. Sidlar, C. Rinner (2007) Analyzing the Usability of an Argumentation Map as a Participatory Spatial Decision Support Tool. URISA Journal 19(1): 47-55
    http://www.urisa.org/Journal_Volume19Number1 (full text)
  13. C. Rinner (2007) Geovisualisierung zur räumlichen Entscheidungsunterstützung [Geovisualization to Support Spatial Decision-Making]. KartographischeNachrichten 02/2007:85-92
    http://www.ryerson.ca/~crinner/pubs/kn-artikel-revision.pdf (draft)
  14. M.D. Cusimano, M. Chipman, R.H. Glazier, C. Rinner, S.P. Marshall (2007): Geomatics in Injury Prevention: The Science, the Potential and the Limitations. Injury Prevention 13(1): 51-56
    http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/13/1/51 (abstract)
  15. C. Rinner, J.P. Taranu (2006) Map-Based Exploratory Evaluation of Non-Medical Determinants of Population Health. Transactions in GIS 10(4): 633-649
    http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1467-9671.2006.01016.x (abstract)
  16. J.Malczewski, C. Rinner (2005) Exploring Multicriteria Decision Strategies in GIS with Linguistic Quantifiers – A Case Study of Residential Quality Evaluation. Journal of Geographical Systems 7(2): 249-268
    http://www.springerlink.com/openurl.asp?genre=article&issn=1435-5930&volume=7&issue=2&spage=249 (abstract)
  17. C. Rinner, M. Raubal (2004) Personalized Multi-Criteria Decision Strategies in Location-based Decision Support. Journal of Geographic Information Sciences 10(2): 149-156
    http://www.ryerson.ca/~crinner/pubs/jgis_rinner-raubal_web.pdf (draft)
  18. C. Rinner (2003) Web-based Spatial Decision Support: Status and Research Directions. Journal of Geographic Information and Decision Analysis 7(1): 14-31
    http://www.ryerson.ca/~crinner/pubs/Rinner_published_GIDA-01-2003.pdf
  19. C. Rinner, J. Malczewski (2002) Web-Enabled Spatial Decision Analysis Using Ordered Weighted Averaging (OWA). Journal of Geographical Systems 4(4): 385-403
    http://www.springerlink.com/openurl.asp?genre=article&issn=1435-5930&volume=4&issue=4&spage=385 (abstract)
  20. C. Rinner (2001) Argumentation Maps - GIS-based Discussion Support for Online Planning. Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design 28(6): 847-863
    http://www.envplan.com/epb/abstracts/b28/b2748t.html (abstract)
  21. J. Fitzke, C. Rinner, D. Schmidt (1997) GIS-Anwendungen im Internet [GIS Applications on the Internet]. Geo-Informations-Systeme 6/97: 25-31
    http://www.ryerson.ca/~crinner/pubs/GIS-Anwendungen_im_Internet.pdf (scanned copy, 900 kB)

Books, theses, and reports

  1. C. Rinner, D. Patychuk, S. Briggs (2011) Implementation of a Map-Based Heat Vulnerability Assessment and Decision Support System - Final Project Report and Map Series. Dated 31 March 2011, prepared on behalf of and with the support of Toronto Public Health, 123 pp.
    Available at http://www.toronto.ca/health/hphe/air_quality/pdf/implementation_mapping_heat_vulnerability.pdf
  2. C. Rinner, D. Patychuk, D. Jakubek, S. Nasr, K. Bassil (2009) Development of a Toronto-Specific, Spatially Explicit Heat Vulnerability Assessment: Phase I. Final Report dated 31 July 2009, prepared on behalf of and with the support of Toronto Public Health, 81 pp.
    Available at http://www.toronto.ca/health/hphe/air_quality/pdf/finalreport.pdf
  3. C. Rinner (1999) Argumentation Maps – GIS-Based Discussion Support for Online Planning. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Bonn, Germany. GMD Research Series Nr. 22/1999, Sankt Augustin, Germany, 128 pp.
  4. C. Rinner (1996) Einsatz eines Geographischen Informationssystems bei der Simulation von Schadstoffen in Fließgewässern. [Application of a Geographic Information System for the Simulation of Pollutants in Rivers.] Diploma Thesis, University of Osnabrück, Germany, 73 pp.

Peer-reviewed book chapters

  1. C. Rinner, J. Kumari, S. Mavedati (2011) A Geospatial Web Application to Map Observations and Opinions in Environmental Planning. In S. Li, S. Dragicevic, B. Veenendaal (Eds.): Advances in WebGIS, Mapping Services and Applications. ISPRS book series No. 9, Taylor & Francis, London, UK, pp. 277-291
    http://www.ryerson.ca/~crinner/pubs/isprs-chapter-kumari_web-version.pdf
  2. C. Rinner (2008) Mobile Maps and More - Extending Location-Based Services with Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis. In L. Meng, A. Zipf, S. Winter (Eds.): Map-Based Mobile Services. Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography. Springer, Berlin, pp. 335-352
    http://www.ryerson.ca/~crinner/pubs/meng-et-al_chapter-rinner.pdf
  3. C. Rinner (2006) Argumentation Mapping in Collaborative Spatial Decision Making. In S. Dragicevic, S. Balram (Eds.): Collaborative GIS. Idea Group Publishing, pp. 85-102
    http://www.ryerson.ca/~crinner/pubs/chapter_rinner_final2_web.pdf (draft)
  4. C. Rinner (2005) Computer Support for Discussions in Spatial Planning. In M. Campagna (Ed.): GIS for Sustainable Development. Taylor & Francis, pp. 167-180
    http://www.ryerson.ca/~crinner/pubs/gis4sd-rinner_web.pdf (draft)
  5. V. Pipek, O. Märker, C. Rinner, B. Schmidt-Belz (2000) Discussions and Decisions: Enabling Participation in Design in Geographical Communities. In M. Gurstein (Ed.): Community Informatics: Enabling Communities with Information and Communications Technologies. Idea Group Publishing, London, pp.539-560

Peer-reviewed conference papers

  1. C. Rinner, M. Düren (2011) Design With Nature 2.0 – A Geodata Infrastructure Approach to Map Overlay. In A. Schwering, E. Pebeszma, K. Behncke: Geoinformatik 2011 – Geochange. ifgiPrints No. 41, Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, Heidelberg, Germany, pp. 21-28
    http://www.geoinformatics2011.de/ (abstract and full text)
  2. J. Young, C. Rinner, D. Patychuk (2010) The Effect of Standardization in Multicriteria Decision Analysis on Health Policy Outcomes. In G. Phillips-Wren, L.C. Jain, K. Nakamatsu, R.J. Howlett (eds.): Advances in Intelligent Decision Technologies (Proceedings of the Second KES International Symposium IDT 2010). Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg, Germany, pp. 299-307
    http://www.springerlink.com/content/r757515326v45133/ (abstract)
  3. C. Rinner, A. Heppleston (2006) The Spatial Dimensions of Multi-Criteria Evaluation – Case Study of a Home Buyer’s Spatial Decision Support System. In M. Raubal, H.J. Miller, A.U. Frank, M.F. Goodchild (eds.): Geographic Information Science (Proceedings of 4th International Conference, GIScience 2006, Münster, Germany, September 20-23, 2006). Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 4197. Springer, Berlin, pp. 338-352
    http://www.springerlink.com/content/v671l8g20j587336/ (abstract)
  4. H. Hochmair, C. Rinner (2005) Investigating the Need for Eliminatory Constraints in the User Interface of Bicycle Route Planners. In A.G. Cohn, D.M. Mark (eds.): Spatial Information Theory (Proceedings of International Conference, COSIT 2005, Ellicottville, NY, USA, September 14-18, 2005). Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 3693. Springer, Berlin, pp. 49-66
  5. C. Keßler, C. Rinner, M. Raubal (2005) An Argumentation Map Prototype to Support Decision-Making in Spatial Planning. In F. Toppen, M. Painho (eds.): Proceedings of AGILE 2005 - 8th Conference on Geographic Information Science, 26-28 May 2005, Estoril, Portugal, pp. 135-142
  6. C. Rinner (2004) Three-Dimensional Visualization of Activity-Travel Patterns. In M. Raubal, A. Sliwinski, W. Kuhn (eds.): Geoinformation und Mobilität [Geoinformation and Mobility], Proceedings of the Münster GI Days, 1-2 July 2004, Münster, Germany, IfGIprints series No. 22. Verlag Natur & Wissenschaft, Solingen, Germany, pp. 231-237
  7. C. Rinner (2003) Teaching Spatial Decision Analysis with Idrisi Online. In Proceedings of 6th AGILE Conference on Geographic Information Science, 24-26 April 2003, Lyon, France
  8. L. Bernard, N. Ostländer, C. Rinner (2003) Impact Assessment for the Barents Sea Region - A Geodata Infrastructure Approach. In Proceedings of 6th AGILE Conference on Geographic Information Science, 24-26 April 2003, Lyon, France
  9. K. Greve, C. Rinner (1999) Argumentationskarten - GIS-basiertes Planungswerkzeug im WWW. [Argumentation Maps - GIS-based Planning Tool on the Web.] In J. Strobl, Th. Blaschke (eds.): Angewandte Geographische Informationsverarbeitung [Applied Geographic Information Processing] XI. Proceedings of AGIT Symposium, 7-9 July 1999, Salzburg, Austria, pp. 237-244
  10. B. Schmidt-Belz, C. Rinner, T.F. Gordon (1998) GeoMed for Urban Planning - First User Experiences. In R. Laurini, K. Makki, N. Pissinou (eds.): ACM-GIS, Proceedings of 6th International Symposium on Advances in Geographic Information Systems, 6-7 November 1998, Washington, D.C., USA, pp. 82-87
  11. C. Rinner (1998) Online Maps in GeoMed - Internet Mapping, Online GIS and Their Application in Collaborative Spatial Decision-Making. In Proceedings of International Conference on Geographic Information (GIS PlaNET), Lisbon, Portugal, September 1998
  12. C. Rinner (1998) ATKIS-Objekte in VRML? [Modeling Topographic Objects with VRML?] In J. Strobl, F. Dollinger (eds.): Angewandte Geographische Informationsverarbeitung [Applied Geographic Information Processing] X. Proceedings of AGIT Symposium, 1-3 July 1998, Salzburg, Austria, pp. 289-297
  13. C. Rinner (1997) Using VRML for Hypermapping in Spatial Planning. In T. Sellis, D. Georgoulis (eds.): Proc. of the International Conference on Urban, Regional, Environmental Planning, and Informatics to Planning in an Era of Transition, 22-24 October 1997, Athens, Greece, pp. 818-829
  14. C. Rinner (1997) Discussing Plans via the World-Wide Web. Proceedings of the 15th Conference on Education in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (ECAADE), 17-20 September, Vienna, Austria
  15. C. Rinner (1997): Hypermaps mit VRML [Hypermaps using VRML]. In F. Dollinger (ed.): Angewandte geographische Informationsverarbeitung IX. Proceedings of AGIT symposium, July, Salzburg, Austria. Salzburger geographische Materialien, pp. 453-454
  16. C. Rinner (1997): Geodaten in WWW-gestützten Mediationsverfahren [Geographic Data in Web-based Mediation Processes]. In M. Schrenk (ed.): Beiträge zum Symposium Computergestützte Raumplanung (CORP), 12-14 February, pp. 379-380

Non-refereed journal and conference papers, reviews, etc.

  1. C. Rinner (2010) Regional and Urban GIS – A Decision Support Approach, by T.L. Nyerges and P. Jankowski. Reviewed in Annals of GIS 16(3): 195
  2. C. Rinner (2010) Argumentation Maps. In B. Warf (ed.): Encyclopedia of Geography. Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA, pp. 108-110
  3. C. Rinner (2008) The Handbook of Geographic Information Science, by J.P. Wilson and A.S. Fotheringham. Reviewed in The Canadian Geographer 52(3): 404
  4. C. Rinner (2007) Multi-Criteria Evaluation in Support of Emergency Response Decision-Making. Proceedings of Joint CIG/ISPRS Conference on Geomatics for Disaster and Risk Management, 23-25 May 2007, Toronto
    http://www.ryerson.ca/~crinner/pubs/CIG2007-ConfProc-Rinner.pdf
  5. C. Rinner, J.P. Taranu (2005) A Geographic Visualization Approach to Multi-Criteria Evaluation. In Proceedings of Geoinformatics Conference, 17-19 August 2005, Toronto, Canada
    http://www.ryerson.ca/~crinner/pubs/F131.pdf
  6. C. Rinner, M. Raubal, B. Spigel (2005) User Interface Design for Location-Based Decision Services. In Proceedings of Geoinformatics Conference, 17-19 August 2005, Toronto, Canada
    http://www.ryerson.ca/~crinner/pubs/F017.pdf
  7. M. Raubal, C. Rinner (2004) Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis for Location Based Services. In S. Anders Brandt (ed.): Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Geoinformatics, 7-9 June 2004, Gävle, Sweden, pp. 47-53
  8. C. Rinner (2003) Web-basierte räumliche Entscheidungsunterstützung - Ein Überblick [Web-based spatial decision support - An overview]. geoinformatik_online 01/2003 (editorial)
  9. C. Rinner, P. Jankowski (2002) Web-Based Spatial Decision Support – Technical Foundations and Applications. In the Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), Theme 1.9 – Advanced Geographic Information Systems (edited by C. Bauzer Medeiros). UNESCO / Eolss Publishers, Oxford, UK
  10. C. Rinner, D. Schmidt (2000) Intelligent, interaktiv, internetfähig – die neue Karten-Generation. [Intelligent, Interactive, Internet-Compliant – a New Generation of Maps.] In C. Herrmann, H. Asche (eds.): Web.mapping 1: Raumbezogene Information und Kommunikation im Internet. [Spatial Information and Communication in the Internet.] Wichmann, Heidelberg, pp. 90-99
  11. C. Rinner, D. Schmidt (1999) Sharing ArcView Themes for Interactive Exploration. In Proceedings of ESRI European User Conference, 15-17 November 1999, Munich, Germany
  12. C. Rinner (1999) Argumaps for Spatial Planning. In R. Laurini (ed.): Proceedings of First Int. Workshop on Telegeoprocessing (TeleGeo), 6-7 May 1999, Lyon, France, pp. 95-102
  13. J. Fitzke, C. Rinner (1998) Visualisierung von Hochwasserszenarien mit VRML. [Visualization of Flooding Potential with VRML.] In Proceedings of Workshop Virtual GIS, 28-29 September 1998. Internal Report No. 8, Institut für Geodäsie und Geoinformatik, Fachbereich Landeskultur und Umweltschutz, University of Rostock, Germany, pp. 95-101
  14. C. Rinner, D. Schmidt (1998) Dimensions of DSS Application in Urban Planning. In R. Laurini (ed.): Proceedings of International Workshop on Groupware for Urban Planning, 4-6 February 1998, Lyon, France