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  • our friend, our great gift, moves on…farewell to the Father of GIS

    our friend, our great gift, moves on…farewell to the Father of GIS

    With great sadness, we learned today that Dr. Roger Tomlinson, our dear friend and amazing mentor, has moved on.  Knowing Roger has been a treasure and a gift from the heavens and humanity.  Spending time with him was so inspiring.  Much will change, but much will continue to go on because of his help and influence to so many people across the world.

    Roger is known as the Father of GIS.  This may not mean much to those who do not know the power of the amazing technology that he envisioned and turned into reality.  His method of focus on business problems, and using GIS to solve these was true innovation – he is the best business analyst that we have ever met…  The IT people of today do not understand that the gap he will leave will be wide…

    I am very sad that I will not be able to give him his annual little elephant… I will add it to his collection, and for whoever inherits this, they will have elephants from around the world…

    Roger, we will always love you – you will live on in our hearts and minds forever…

  • the old site gone. dusted. new site is evolving.

    the old site gone. dusted. new site is evolving.

    metamorphosis where next?
    metamorphosis where next?

    memories of making the first site in 2005, nearly 9 years ago, bring me to realize how much things have changed – how much easier and more creative the access to create blogs and content with great tools has become.  gifts and treasures from the intelligence of humanity.  a contrast to some of the dark things that come out of the intelligence of humanity…  this site fully will intend to support the positive, the reflective, and argue for the well-worn path down the middle road of sanity and sensibility.