Tag: Roger Tomlinson
Who Coined the Phrase Geographic Information System?
Roger Tomlinson, also known as the Father of GIS, is famed for being a pioneer in the field of Geographic Information System (GIS). His early work fifty years ago with the Canada Land Inventory (CLI) in 1962 is widely recognized as the beginnings of GIS. Prior to the computerization of maps, geographic data was manually [...]
History of GIS
From the early days in Canada to the high tech world of internet mapping, the field of GIS is older than you may think. History of GIS A GIS (geographic or geospatial information system) is a modern extension of traditional cartography with one fundamental similarity and two essential differences. The similarity lies in the fact [...]