GPS/GIS (was [at-l] re: Pittsburg(h))

[m_factor at hotmail.com (Mara Factor)]

Wow!  You guys got me thinking...

It was 20 years ago that as a lowly undergraduate, I took a GIS programming 
class while going to school at Clark University.  Each student had their own 
project(s) to program over the course of the class.  Combined, those 
projects as well as others from other classes over the years became IDRISI 
(http://www.idrisi.clarku.edu/), first released in 1987.  I've never seen 
the finished project and have no idea if any of "my" code was ever 
incorprorated but it's still a going project and it's nice to see it's being 
used for environmental concerns, including those that could affect the 
Appalachians such as insect infestations.

Of course, for me, it was so long ago that I wouldn't even think I would 
know the best right way at  this point.  As a matter of fact, I would 
probably have that deer in the headlights look if you ever tried to talk 
with me about the code.  Sigh.  ;-)

A former GeoNut,  (or is it once a GeoNut, always a GeoNut?)

Mara
Stitches, AT99

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>From: "Nightwalker" <nightwalker.at@gmail.com>
>To: "Walt Daniels" <wdlists@optonline.net>,"'Ryan Brooks'" <ryan@hack.net>
>CC: at-l@edina.hack.net
>Subject: Re: [at-l] re: Pittsburg(h)
>Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 00:17:48 -0400
>
>... According to how long and what way you've been
>doing GIS, you'll have different ideas of the "best right way."
>
>It's good to see another GeoNut on the list. It'll be nice to occasionally
>be able to talk to someone about datums and projections and whatnot and not
>get the deer-in-the-headlights look.  :-)