The History of Geographic Information Systems: Perspectives from the Pioneers"This collection of original works provides both the expert and novice alike with a comprehensible appreciation of the historical events and pioneers responsible for today's GIS technology and applications. These authors represent key individuals who helped lead the development of GIS from the days of punch card computers of the early 1960s to the age of the Internet and World Wide Web. |
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GIS Early Years and the Threads of Evolution | 3 |
Reflections on the Starting Points | 20 |
Academic Origins of GIS | 33 |
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activities agencies Agricultural AM/FM analysis areas assessment AURISA Australia automated began Canada cartographic Census Center CERL Computer Graphics coordinate Corps of Engineers Dane County data sets database decade Department digital image processing Durfee early Earth Resources efforts environment environmental ESRI evaluation facilities federal forestry functions funding geographic data Geographic Information Systems geomatics GI/GIS GIS applications GIS development GIS technology GRASS GRID hardware image processing systems imagery IMGRID impacts implementation industry initiatives installations Institute integration Intergraph International Laboratory land information systems land records Landsat Landscape Architecture mainframe major mapping ment NASA National natural resources Niemann Oak Ridge operations ORNL overlay Photogrammetry planning polygon raster regional remote sensing Roger Tomlinson role satellite significant spatial data staff techniques tion U.S. Army U.S. Geological Survey University users USGS utility vector