- Dana Tomlin
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Dana Tomlin is an author, professor, and originator of map algebra. Tomlin's teaching and research focus on the development and application of geographic information systems (GIS). He is Founder and Co-Director of Penn’s Cartographic Modeling Laboratory, and author of Geographic Information Systems and Cartographic Modeling (Prentice Hall, 1990). The Map Algebra language he created is embodied in most of today’s raster-based geographic information systems. He is currently a visiting professor at University of Pennsylvania School of Design and Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and the Conway School of Landscape Design, having also taught at Harvard Graduate School of Design and at Ohio State University School of Natural Resources.[1]
References
- ^ "C. Dana Tomlin". University of Pennsylvania. http://www.design.upenn.edu/new/larp/facultybio.php?fid=121.
See also
External links
- Cartography, redefined: Mapping a pathway through the digital age published October, 2011
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