The history of Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

Giscertification16 Feb, 2021News

GIS emerged as a distinct discipline in the 1960s with Roger Tomlinson?s pioneering efforts for Canada?s Department of Forestry and Rural Development. Tomlinson was tasked with creating a map-based inventory of the nation?s natural resources. In collaboration with IBM programmers, he developed automated processes to collate data from all of Canada?s provinces.