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What is GIS? GIS (or geographic information systems) is an amazing technology that allows you to analyze the world around you and solve complex problems. This video takes a look at the history of GIS and where modern GIS is going today!

0:00 Intro
2:01 The history of GIS
2:42 What is GIS
3:51 Is GIS changing?
5:25 What is modern GIS?
7:29 Should I learn modern GIS?

Some of the resources from the video and others to get started:

GIS Defintions

https://volaya.github.io/gis-book/en/...
https://education.nationalgeographic....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geograp...
https://gisgeography.com/what-gis-geo...

GIS History

https://volaya.github.io/gis-book/en/...
https://gisgeography.com/history-of-gis/
https://www.gislounge.com/history-of-...

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