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Author and Citation Info:
DiBiase, D., DeMers, M., Johnson, A., Kemp, K., Luck, A. T., Plewe, B., and Wentz, E. (2006). Private sector origins. The Geographic Information Science & Technology Body of Knowledge. Washington, DC: Association of American Geographers. (2nd Quarter 2016, first digital).
Learning Objectives:
Identify some of the key commercial activities that provided an impetus for the development of GIS&T
Differentiate the dominant industries using geospatial technologies during the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s
Describe the contributions of McHarg and other practitioners in developing geographic analysis methods later incorporated into GIS
Evaluate the correspondence between advances in hardware and operating system technology and changes in GIS software
Describe the influence of evolving computer hardware and of private sector hardware firms such as IBM on the emerging GIS software industry
Discuss the emergence of the GIS software industry in terms of technology evolution and markets served by firms such as ESRI, Intergraph, and ERDAS
You are currently viewing an archived version of Topic . If updates or revisions have been published you can find them at .
DiBiase, D., DeMers, M., Johnson, A., Kemp, K., Luck, A. T., Plewe, B., and Wentz, E. (2006). Private sector origins. The Geographic Information Science & Technology Body of Knowledge. Washington, DC: Association of American Geographers. (2nd Quarter 2016, first digital).