Long ago in a far away land...

The Birth of 'Spatial Thinking'

...but navigating accurately from point A to point B remained illusive for centuries.

its now 2015....we're still directionally challenged; we're still using maps.

A few things happened between 16th century and 21st century...

Computers + Data + Maps = GIS

Big       challenges lie ahead...

So how does GIS work?

Principle 1 - Stacking

Principle 2 - Two Data Models

Principle 3 - Coordinate Spaces

Principle 4 - Spatial + Nonspatial

1-Stacking

2 -Two Data Models

3 -Coordinate Spaces

4 -Spatial + Nonspatial

Break-Time

Lab - Intro to Vector and Raster