VerySpatial Podcast
Shownotes – Episode 03
August 7, 2005
Main Topic:
A brief overview of the history of GIS
Click for the detailed shownotes
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
