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The whole field started in Canada
The first GIS (geographic information system) was built in Ottawa between 1962 and 1968 by Roger Tomlinson, at the federal Department of Forestry and Rural Development, to handle Canada Land Inventory data. He is called the father of GIS, and the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) named it an engineering milestone in 2023.