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*Message sent from a system outside of UConn.* Ok. First job was working for St Lawrence University in the Geography Department using Windows 3.51 and 4.0 with Arcview, ArcInfo and Erdas Imagine. I was working for NYCDEP BWSQP GIS Group in 1998 using ArcView and ArcInfo on Sun Alpha workstations. My first GIS Coordinator job in CT was for Newtown in 2002, and with six degrees of Sandy Prisloe, Sandy was on the interview committee when I got the job. As for when standalone GIS jobs became a thing in CT, I don't know. Mine started in 2002. I think it began at UCONN and with CLEAR as while I was working for NYC, we looked at the projects taking place and incorporated them into our computer models. Especially Natural Resource work being done by Civco and Hurd in the late 90's. Scott From: Unmoderated discussion list for Connecticut GIS Users [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Meghan McGaffin Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2020 11:46 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [CTGIS-L] For the old timers *Message sent from a system outside of UConn.* I'm curious, when did people in CT start getting hired for GIS positions outside of academia? Not the engineer or zoning officer who obtained GIS skills, but the earliest positions where the job role was just to know GIS software as a desktop product? I was hired as a GIS intern in 2003 so I'm aging myself here but there were already people working in the field and there were consulting firms that existed to support them. And to set a line in the sand, I'm going to use Wikipedia and say that "In 1986, Mapping Display and Analysis System (MIDAS), the first desktop GIS product [15]<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FGeographic_information_system%23cite_note-15&data=02%7C01%7CCTGIS-L%40LISTSERV.UCONN.EDU%7C9b3cefd92a574ff9d19f08d860c6cae5%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C637365754217732925&sdata=t2e49iIA5%2FVl0TxG6WpGHHLKZgXQN%2BoohbT8%2Bgt0r4c%3D&reserved=0> was released for the DOS<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FDOS&data=02%7C01%7CCTGIS-L%40LISTSERV.UCONN.EDU%7C9b3cefd92a574ff9d19f08d860c6cae5%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C637365754217742920&sdata=tvXRPEds6UOk6ipm8%2FL2zRtQNeyFXdD6tcstmCcfPsI%3D&reserved=0> operating system. This was renamed in 1990 to MapInfo for Windows when it was ported to the Microsoft Windows platform. This began the process of moving GIS from the research department into the business environment." ArcView 1.0 was released in 1991 and shapefiles weren't a thing until ArcView 2. So, in CT, where did it begin? [cid:[log in to unmask]] Meghan C. McGaffin GIS Coordinator O +1 203 344 7887 x5002 E [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> 195 Church Street, 7th Floor, New Haven, CT 06510 https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mminc.com%2F&data=02%7C01%7CCTGIS-L%40LISTSERV.UCONN.EDU%7C9b3cefd92a574ff9d19f08d860c6cae5%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C637365754217742920&sdata=%2BH0jf6pYiGoZRXSGAtkl3X7xOdPF2y%2BcwAIPG6xl0bw%3D&reserved=0<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mminc.com%2F&data=02%7C01%7CCTGIS-L%40LISTSERV.UCONN.EDU%7C9b3cefd92a574ff9d19f08d860c6cae5%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C637365754217742920&sdata=Mr4pCLmN0cT5pHeh0kob1Zkyp2eTybHRhO6aKJUGfOk%3D&reserved=0> https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.slrconsulting.com%2F&data=02%7C01%7CCTGIS-L%40LISTSERV.UCONN.EDU%7C9b3cefd92a574ff9d19f08d860c6cae5%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C637365754217742920&sdata=8tZBW%2FdylMik%2FmPfpkq1yIxokLtfgyzbbg61OC0X5Ao%3D&reserved=0<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.slrconsulting.com%2F&data=02%7C01%7CCTGIS-L%40LISTSERV.UCONN.EDU%7C9b3cefd92a574ff9d19f08d860c6cae5%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C637365754217742920&sdata=8tZBW%2FdylMik%2FmPfpkq1yIxokLtfgyzbbg61OC0X5Ao%3D&reserved=0> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This list (CTGIS-L) is an unmoderated discussion list for all CT GIS Users. To change subscription settings or unsubscribe, visit https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fs.uconn.edu%2FctgisL&data=02%7C01%7CCTGIS-L%40LISTSERV.UCONN.EDU%7C9b3cefd92a574ff9d19f08d860c6cae5%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C637365754217742920&sdata=UeErT7b3IBlOeYoLtx%2BR%2Be31IZgBJM1nzfSqpSx2X3o%3D&reserved=0. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This list (CTGIS-L) is an unmoderated discussion list for all CT GIS Users. To change subscription settings or unsubscribe, visit http://s.uconn.edu/ctgisL.