Here's my contribution...

This is probably one of the oldest/most popular precursors to GIS and spatial thinking.

In 1854 an English physician named John Snow mapped the incidents of cholera during an outbreak in London. It was linked to a tainted water supply from the pump in the center of the map.



This is the life I gave up by switching disciplines after undergrad..

This was on that new Syfy show.

For a sec there, I thought we were about to get into the history of Game of Thrones. Thank goodness I was wrong.

(06-04-2014 05:56 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  For a sec there, I thought we were about to get into the history of Game of Thrones. Thank goodness I was wrong.

It really should've been. The history of Dorne is very interesting. My favorite general would be Eddard Stark.

(06-04-2014 05:56 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  For a sec there, I thought we were about to get into the history of Game of Thrones. Thank goodness I was wrong.

I was thinking the exact same thing.

But the real John Snow was an amazing guy. He did something so simple by todays standards, and yet so advanced for back that that it is truly remarkable.

Nerds