Random conversation in Matt McGrath’s office a couple years ago after reading Nick Chrisman’s book we all knew

Azriel Rosenfeld publishes Picture Processing by Computer, the first book on image processing and analysis

Ian McHarg's landmark book Design With Nature published

• Ian McHarg's landmark book Design With Nature published

• First book to detail many of the concepts of GIS analysis
• Helped pioneer the development of map overlay techniques
• Overlaid transparency maps (reflecting social values placed on different environmental factors); the composite showed where development more suitable given values placed on each factor

Tom Waugh begins work on GIMMS (Geographic Information Management and Manipulation System) at the Harvard Graphics Lab

• Tom Waugh begins work on GIMMS (Geographic Information Management and Manipulation System) at the Harvard Graphics Lab

• A portable, high quality, vector mapping system with data manipulation and analysis capabilities
• Used at 300+ sites in 23 countries, it ran on a huge variety of computers ranging from PCs to a Cray YMP
• GIMMS can be considered the first globally-used GIS
• It pioneered the use of topology, user command languages, macro languages, and user control of high quality graphics
• In many respects, it is a prime antecedent of modern GIS