6
History
of GIS
1999 – Launch of the
IKONOS at 90 cm
resolution
2000– GIS industry
at US$ 7 billion
(Datatech)
2001 – Launch of Quickbird
at 62 cm resolution2000 – one million
GIS users
2002 - Launch of online
National Atlas
of the US
2003 – Launch of the
online national statistics
of UK
2003 – Launch of the
US Geospatial One-stop
shopTechnology
Commercial
Academic
General
The
Era of Exploitation