tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470995059384390571.post8264159543495537940..comments2023-12-14T05:22:45.323-07:00Comments on geothought: Neo-pointless question of the moment: is this thing "GIS"?Peter Battyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10803273537153805225noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470995059384390571.post-6606927147549272582008-01-14T16:47:00.000-07:002008-01-14T16:47:00.000-07:00Never really thought about any particular vendor h...Never really thought about any particular vendor having bragging rights on the GIS moniker, but on second thought, I think you're on to something... <BR/><BR/>It's unfortunate that consistent terminology that could have described the technology to move us into the mainstream, gets hijacked or rejected for the sake of vendor marketing. That said, the term GIS has come a long way from when it was Gord Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16261606367299012877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470995059384390571.post-23762014095035268782007-12-07T16:35:00.000-07:002007-12-07T16:35:00.000-07:00To get into semantics, one might argue that there'...To get into semantics, one might argue that there's not really any GIS at all - typically GIS isn't the thing itself, it's the means toward an end. That is to say, there is no GIS just for the sake of GIS. <BR/><BR/>Instead, it's about supporting environmental science, transportation, planning, logistics, archaeology, resource management, and so much more.<BR/><BR/>And so where does NeoGeo fit Dave Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12289664763849295219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470995059384390571.post-88438902596351809222007-12-07T11:50:00.000-07:002007-12-07T11:50:00.000-07:00I for one welcome the revolution.When I was at Uni...I for one welcome the revolution.<BR/><BR/>When I was at University passing through a computer science degree, my tutor declared that he had previously worked in "GIS". I hadn't heard the term before, and I asked him to tell me what that was. He couldn't (or rather wouldn't). In retrospect, he wasn't lying, and he had been working with Geographic Information Systems as they were defined back thenNixtahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17013327475896327247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470995059384390571.post-35625538181309929552007-12-07T11:47:00.000-07:002007-12-07T11:47:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Nixtahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17013327475896327247noreply@blogger.com