The history of geographic information systems
Subtitle: perspectives from the pioneers
By: Timothy W. Foresman, editor.
Contributors: Foresman, Timothy W.
Series: Prentice Hall series in geographic information science
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Upper Saddle River, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 397
Subjects: Geographic information systems -- History.
Description: "The History of Geographic Information Systems represents the first authoritative review on the evolution of geospatial technology.".

"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.

These authors' contributions helped bring to national, state, and federal agencies the powerful new suite of geospatial tools for issues ranging from land use management to population enumeration."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: GIS early years and the threads of evolution; title: The Canada geographic information system; title: Academic origins of GIS; title: Topology and TIGER : the Census Bureau's contribution; title: Raster based GIS; title: Investments in personal computing; title: Land information systems : development of multipurpose parcel-based systems; title: AM/FM entry : 25-year history; title: Remote sensing and GIS in agriculture and forestry-the early years; title: Development of remote sensing digital image processing and raster GIS; title: GIS development in the Department of Interior; title: GIS technology takes root in the Department of Defense; title: A quarter century of GIS at Oak Bridge National Laboratory; title: State and local government GIS initiatives; title: The incubation of GIS in Europe; title: The development of GIS in Australia : from infancy towards maturity; title: Canada today; title: International application of GIS; title: What next? Reflections from the middle of the growth curve.