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It pains me to answer this…
I was a GIS Coordinator for a City in NH from 1989-1993. At that time, there was a popular product called GeoSQL by Generation 5 Technology that was catching on with cities. It was a product that leveraged a spatial database in Oracle
(like SDE does now) and the front end was AutoCAD. It was ArcCAD and SDE before they were released. We set up a municipal GIS users group and had members from Groton (I think Peter B) and Farmington (John L). Also, I think Newton, MA had a GIS coordinator.
At that time, I think those were some of the few city/town GIS coordinators in New England. From what I remember, the rest were with planning commissions, colleges, and state agencies.
GeoSQL, ArcCAD, WS & PC ArcInfo, MapInfo, AutoCAD Map, and MapGuide, were key the products. Also, we had Pen Plotters and then the plot messed up, it would rip up the paper. Fast-forward to the mid-1990s and ArcView 1 came out. It changed
the game. Then ArcView and MapObjects IMS came out and the first web apps were launched in 1998ish, then ArcIMS came out.
The First NEARC was about 1986.
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It was before my time, but I go to the Fall NEARC conferences, where they present the Peter S Thacher Award… and it sounds like he is probably in that conversation.
Thacher was in Stonington, CT. I recall them relating the story about him during one awards ceremony, but I didn’t find anything on a quick search.
https://www.northeastarc.org/thacher-award.html
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I was hired by the Federal Government as a Geographer in the 90s and used GRASS and ESRI products. I think GRASS has been around since the mid 80s. I did most of my early GIS work in Alaska so not CT. I do know I have been around a long
time when I say "Pro has Layouts like ArcView used to have, isn't that great!" and my younger co workers look at me like I have three heads.
Stacy Deming, GISP
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