The history of geographic information systems : perspectives from the pioneers /
Timothy W. Foresman, editor.
- Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall PTR, c1998.
- xviii, 397 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Prentice Hall series in geographic information science .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
GIS early years and the threads of evolution -- The Canada geographic information system -- Academic origins of GIS -- Topology and TIGER : the Census Bureau's contribution -- Raster based GIS -- Investments in personal computing -- Land information systems : development of multipurpose parcel-based systems -- AM/FM entry : 25-year history -- Remote sensing and GIS in agriculture and forestry-the early years -- Development of remote sensing digital image processing and raster GIS -- GIS development in the Department of Interior -- GIS technology takes root in the Department of Defense -- A quarter century of GIS at Oak Bridge National Laboratory -- State and local government GIS initiatives -- The incubation of GIS in Europe -- The development of GIS in Australia : from infancy towards maturity -- Canada today -- International application of GIS -- What next? Reflections from the middle of the growth curve.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
GIS early years and the threads of evolution -- The Canada geographic information system -- Academic origins of GIS -- Topology and TIGER : the Census Bureau's contribution -- Raster based GIS -- Investments in personal computing -- Land information systems : development of multipurpose parcel-based systems -- AM/FM entry : 25-year history -- Remote sensing and GIS in agriculture and forestry-the early years -- Development of remote sensing digital image processing and raster GIS -- GIS development in the Department of Interior -- GIS technology takes root in the Department of Defense -- A quarter century of GIS at Oak Bridge National Laboratory -- State and local government GIS initiatives -- The incubation of GIS in Europe -- The development of GIS in Australia : from infancy towards maturity -- Canada today -- International application of GIS -- What next? Reflections from the middle of the growth curve.
0138621454
98113380
Geographic information systems--History.
G 70.2 / .H57 1998
910/.285