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Review of "Thinking about GIS", Third Edition
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Vector One offers a review of Roger Tomlinson's book “Thinking About GIS”, third edition. From the review: "Do you know how hard it is to write a review about the ‘Father of GIS?” Here goes. [...] This book is for people who want to start a career and are passionate about using GIS to solve problems and make a real difference while doing so. This includes making a living at it, and I say that because Tomlinson lays out a step-wise method for approaching geography related problems and tasks, and developing a plan of attack to resolve them."
We had a recent profile of Roger Tomlinson, the 'father of GIS'. The book on Amazon.com.
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The Map Room links to a profile of Roger Tomlinson, the father of GIS. From the Globe & Mail article: ""The early days of GIS were very lonely," Dr. Tomlinson mused. "No-one knew what it meant. My work has certainly been missionary work of the hardest kind." Even in 1970, a decade after the first maps were computerized, there were only about 40 people in the world using the technology. [...] "All this you can get from maps, but if they're on paper, we don't have a chance of responding in time. (With GIS technology) we now have the essential capability, and it's being used for every damned thing you can think of! The greatest block to the uptake of the technology is the lack of people — we are at least 3000 people short each year of people trained in GIS.""
Review of "Thinking about GIS", Third Edition
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