DiBiase, D., DeMers, M., Johnson, A., Kemp, K., Luck, A. T., Plewe, B., and Wentz, E. (2006). Academic origins. The Geographic Information Science & Technology Body of Knowledge. Washington, DC: Association of American Geographers.(2nd Quarter 2016, first digital).
Learning Objectives:
Identify the key academic disciplines that contributed to the development of GIS&T
Evaluate the role that the Quantitative Revolution in geography played in the development of GIS
Describe the major research foci in GIS and related fields in the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s
Evaluate the importance of the NCGIA and UCGIS in coalescing GIScience as a sub-field of GIS&T
Discuss the contributions of early academic centers of GIS&T research and development (e.g., Harvard Laboratory for Computer Graphics, UK Experimental Cartography Unit)
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DiBiase, D., DeMers, M., Johnson, A., Kemp, K., Luck, A. T., Plewe, B., and Wentz, E. (2006). Academic origins. The Geographic Information Science & Technology Body of Knowledge. Washington, DC: Association of American Geographers. (2nd Quarter 2016, first digital).