Father of GIS Archives

Roger Tomlinson. Archival Photograph from the Tomlinson Collection, Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress.

Who is the Father of GIS?

July 30, 2019December 17, 2015 by Caitlin Dempsey

Roger Tomlinson coined the term “geographic information systems” and it’s his contributions to geographic information systems (GIS) that earned him the nickname, “Father of GIS”.

History of GIS

September 26, 2019May 14, 2012 by Caitlin Dempsey

From the early days in Canada to the high tech world of internet mapping, the field of GIS is older than you may think.