GPHY 247 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Roger Tomlinson, Geographic Information Science, Geographic Coordinate System
27 Oct 2015
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Spatial refers to any space, often used in place of geographic. Important distinction between gis (the technology) and giscience (the discipline): gis are computer-based systems for storing and processing geographic information, gi science is the scientific context and underpinnings of geographic information systems. Gis is useful as a tool for problem solving because it combines the general with the specific: name two key milestones in the history of gis. computerized map measuring system by roger tomlinson. 1968 up to the mid-1970s: the canada geographic information system or cgis, designed in the mid-1960s as a. Uk experimental cartography unit pioneered high quality computer mapping from. People = consumers: the six gis sub-industries, prior to, say, the early 2000s, most students identified five parts to a gis: 5. procedures and policies: network, know the two videos, representative application areas. Feature isolation: thoroughly understand continuous fields and discrete objects; understand raster and vector; advantages and disadvantages; and conversion issues.
