VerySpatial Podcast
Shownotes – Episode 03
August 7, 2005

Main Topic:
A brief overview of the history of GIS

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News:

GITA and AAG Tackle Geospatial Workforce

Map Sex Offenders

Simile Piggy Bank

ArcReader Example

Coming Soon – MapService Widget

Blog focus:

TheMapRoom

Main Discussion:

Demystifying geospatial – the basics – Tyler Mitchell

History

Roger Tomlinson – Canadian Land Inventory 1967

Harvard Mapping Lab 1968

ESRI begins in 1969

Technologies grow

Encompass satellite and aerial image

Late 1980s commercial growth

Mid to late 1990s explosive growth

Late 1990s growth of public access

Mapping focus

Web mapping

Mapquest, yahoo maps, google maps, MSN VE

Keyhole, google earth

Analysis and modeling

Distance

Routing

Site placement

Events:

ESRI UC Blog

COSIT

Map Asia, Jakarta, August 22-25