Geographic information system planning for managers by roger. The fourth edition reflects the latest trends in geospatial technology, and includes new case studies, exercises from author roger tomlinson s course planning for a gis, and video of his planning and managing a gis seminar from the esri international user conference. Tomlinson, oc 17 november 1933 7 february 2014 was an english geographer and the primary originator of modern computerised geographic information systems gis, and has been acknowledged as the father of gis. Roger tomlinson 19332014 is generally recognized as the father of gis.
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