{"id":10561,"date":"2018-09-12T14:11:55","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T18:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/studentwork.prattsi.org\/infovis\/?p=10561"},"modified":"2019-01-11T00:00:23","modified_gmt":"2019-01-11T05:00:23","slug":"a-timeline-of-the-history-of-gis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentwork.prattsi.org\/infovis\/labs\/a-timeline-of-the-history-of-gis\/","title":{"rendered":"A Timeline of the History of GIS"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"western\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif\">Introduction<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif\">GIS, short for geographic information systems, is a system that was designed to better understand geographic data. With the help of GIS applications, users are aided in analyzing spatial information, creating searches for data, and interpenetrating maps with slightly more ease. While it would seem obvious that a lot of the emergence of this technology came to rise with the creation of computers and processing, this project wanted to look at the roots of this technology. By using TimelineJS, this study will look at what could have been the spark for the technology today as well as how this technology came to exist.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"western\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif\">Materials<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif\">In order to create my timeline the following two tools were utilized:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/sheets\/about\/\"><em><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif\">Google Sheets <\/span><\/em><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif\">&#8211; Google Sheets was used in order to organization the data and where the majority of the process took place. Using a sheet provided by TimelineJS, I was able to input my findings into the desired location. <\/span><br \/>\n<h2 class=\"western\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10570 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/studentwork.prattsi.org\/infovis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/09\/1-2.png?resize=614%2C303\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/studentwork.prattsi.org\/infovis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/09\/1-2.png?resize=300%2C148&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/studentwork.prattsi.org\/infovis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/09\/1-2.png?resize=768%2C378&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/studentwork.prattsi.org\/infovis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/09\/1-2.png?resize=1024%2C504&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/studentwork.prattsi.org\/infovis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/09\/1-2.png?w=1491&amp;ssl=1 1491w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/timeline.knightlab.com\">TimelineJS<\/a> \u2013 TimelineJS is an open source software that converts the information placed in the Google Sheet and turns it into a timeline. This site provided the sheet that was used to input the data. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif\"><em>Informational Websites<\/em> \u2013 These sites helped me in deciding which information to use in my timeline and if the information was considered true by multiple people. These sites can be found in the reference section of this study. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif\">Methodology<\/span><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif\"><em>Finding the information<\/em> \u2013 The first thing that was done was find the information that would be used to create the timeline. While that sounds easy enough, I knew next to nothing previous to this study so finding the information required looking at multiple sites to see what information was out there and what seemed to be the general consensus.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif\"><em>Inputting the data<\/em> \u2013 Thanks to the easy sheet provided by TimelineJS it was easy to input the data into the Google Sheet as well as easy to create a new row if new information arose.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif\"><em>Adding the media<\/em> \u2013 In the sheet provided by TimelineJS, there was also spots to inclu<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.knightlab.com\/libs\/timeline3\/latest\/embed\/index.html?source=1xg0hYgcZvOr58zj1Ba1uDsHMm5vzBs7OE48RSH7QCHs&amp;font=Default&amp;lang=en&amp;initial_zoom=2&amp;height=650\">index.html?source=1xg0hYgcZvOr58zj1Ba1uDsHMm5vzBs7OE48RSH7QCHs&amp;font=Default&amp;lang=en&amp;initial_zoom=2&amp;height=650<\/a>de media so the next part became finding images to go along with the timeline and adding them into the program.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif\"><em>Creating the timeline<\/em> \u2013 With TimelineJS creating the timeline meant just plugging in the link to the dataset and having it generate the timeline.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2 class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10569 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/studentwork.prattsi.org\/infovis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/09\/2-1.png?resize=588%2C425\" alt=\"\" width=\"588\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/studentwork.prattsi.org\/infovis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/09\/2-1.png?resize=300%2C217&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/studentwork.prattsi.org\/infovis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/09\/2-1.png?resize=768%2C555&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/studentwork.prattsi.org\/infovis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/09\/2-1.png?w=878&amp;ssl=1 878w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" \/><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif\"><strong>Results<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1xg0hYgcZvOr58zj1Ba1uDsHMm5vzBs7OE48RSH7QCHs\/edit?usp=sharing\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif\">The Google Sheet<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.knightlab.com\/libs\/timeline3\/latest\/embed\/index.html?source=1xg0hYgcZvOr58zj1Ba1uDsHMm5vzBs7OE48RSH7QCHs&amp;font=Default&amp;lang=en&amp;initial_zoom=2&amp;height=650\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif\">The History of GIS<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"western\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif\">Reflections<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif\">With the information used founded it was easy to see the roots of where GIS started as well as see the boom of the technology in the 1960&#8217;s thanks to the cluster of data on the timeline. When creating a timeline like this, using TimelineJS was a very useful tool because it was user friendly. With this tool it was easy to input new data onto the chart but just sticking it into where it needs to go, though it still even works without of place data (so long as the numbers work right). This program made it easy to create a uniformed timeline professionally and quickly with minimal errors. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif\">References<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Geographic_information_system\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif\">Wikipedia<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gisgeography.com\/history-of-gis\/\">The Remarkable History of GIS<\/a> <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gislounge.com\/history-of-gis\/\">History of GIS<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/what-is-gis\/history-of-gis\">History of GIS<\/a> <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction GIS, short for geographic information systems, is a system that was designed to better understand geographic data. 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