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The Ultimate Geographic Information System

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Linda LaSut
22 June 2004 - 10:00am

Combining the latest advances in space-based imaging, GPS, mobile phones, search engines, and Web-based delivery, digital mapping is heading into exciting uncharted waters.

"Digital mapping is about to change our world by documenting the real world, then integrating that information into our computers, phones and lifestyles. Roll over, Mason and Dixon: spurred by space photography, global satellite positioning, mobile phones, search engines and new ways of marking information for the World Wide Web, the ancient art of cartography is now on the cutting edge...over the azimuth is the holy grail of mapping, where every imaginable form of location-based information is layered onto an aggregate construct that mirrors the whole world."

Full Story: Making the Ultimate Map
Source: MSNBC, June 7, 2004
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