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Abstract
This paper describes activities at the Harvard Laboratory for Computer Graphics in the years 1963–1970, during which I was a participating member. Among them I and my collaborators conducted some of the earliest experiments in the development and application of GIS.
Acknowledgements
I thank Tess Canfield for her questions, comments and edits, and for trying to turn my American English into English English.
Notes on contributor
Carl Steinitz is the Alexander and Victoria Wiley Professor of Landscape Architecture and Planning Emeritus at the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University and Honorary Visiting Professor, Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, University College London. In 1967, he received his PhD degree in City and Regional Planning, with a major in urban design, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He also holds the Master of Architecture degree from MIT and a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Cornell University. He has devoted much of his academic and professional career to improving methods to analyse large land areas and make design decisions about conservation and development. His applied research and teaching focus on highly valued landscapes that are undergoing substantial pressures for change. In 1984, the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA) presented him with their Outstanding Educator Award for his ‘extraordinary contribution to environmental design education’ and for his ‘pioneering exploration in the use of computer technology in landscape planning, especially in the areas of resource management and visual impact assessment’. In 1996, he received the annual Outstanding Practitioner Award from the International Society of Landscape Ecology (USA). In 2002, he was honoured as one of Harvard University's outstanding teachers. He is principal author of Alternative Futures for Changing Landscapes (Island Press, 2003) and author of A Framework for Geodesign (ESRI Press, 2012).
Notes
1 Lynch, The Image of the City.
2 Steinitz, “Meaning and the Congruence of Urban Form and Activity,” 223–247.
3 Rogers, “Yazoo Delta Agricultural Study.”
4 Fisher, “Data in 3-Dimensions.”
5 Schmidt, “The Use of Computer Graphics in the Processing of Mortgage Insurance Applications.”
6 Barnaby, Rens, and Bernholtz, “Rotation of 3-D Volumes'.”
7 Steinitz, “The DELMARVA Study.”
8 Steinitz, A Framework for Geodesign.
9 Steinitz and Rogers, A Systems Analysis Model of Urbanization and Change.
10 Steinitz et al., Managing Suburban Growth.
11 Steinitz and Rogers, Honey Hill.
12 Steinitz, “Automated 3-D Design.”
13 Steinitz, “Perspective Simulations of Development in the Landscape.”
14 Teicholz and Steinitz, “GRASP: Rule-Based Design.”
15 Warntz and Rens, “The Smoothing of Topographic Surfaces.”