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The 50th Anniversary of GIS
Some events, like birthdays, weddings, and graduations, are easy to mark on the calendar. Others, like the beginning of a social movement, or a language—or the invention of GIS—are harder to pinpoint. However, the confluence of three pivotal events in 1962 and 1963 makes this as good a time as any to celebrate a half century of GIS. Continue reading
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Tagged Betty Benson, Canada Land Inventory, Edward Horwood, Geospatial Revolution, GIS, GIS-Pro, Harvard, Laboratory for Computer Graphics, Penn State, Roger Tomlinson, Spartan Air Services, SYMAP, University of Washington, Urban and Regional Information Systems Association, URISA
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