Nice consise history of mapping from his lecture "The Ubiquitous Digital Map" by Gary Gale, Director of Global Ccommunity Programs, HERE. http://www.vicchi.
Hi all, Our gis.berkeley.edu website had to be taken down. Information on the GIST Minor and Graduate Certificate can be found here: Graduate Certificate in Geographic Information Science and Technology - http://ourenvironment.berkeley.
From Sean's IGIS workshops this week. Base Layers State of California Geoportal http://portal.gis.ca.gov/geoportal/catalog/main/home.page National Data Clearinghouse at Data.gov https://catalog.data.