عنوان

The history of geographic information systems: perspectives from the pioneers

The history of geographic information systems: perspectives from the pioneers

Upper Saddle River, NJ

Prentice Hall PTR

c1998

xviii, 397 p. : ill

Prentice Hall series in geographic information science

Includes bibliographical references and index

Timothy W. Foresman, editor

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 : 52-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

History ، Geographic information systems

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