Guest Speaker
Don Cooke
Chief Scientist of Tele Atlas
Don Cooke was a member of the 1967 Census Bureau team that developed the DIME method of
street map encoding. In 1980 he founded Geographic Data Technology, which was bought by Tele
Atlas in 2004. As Chief Scientist at Tele Atlas, Don currently works on R&D and sales support and
leads the Tele Atlas school outreach program. He served on the NAS Mapping Science Committee
in the late 1980s. His publications include ESRI Press’ 2005 “Fun with GPS”. Don is a graduate of
Yale and studied Civil Engineering Systems at MIT. He received URISA’s Horwood Award in 2004 and
ESRI’s Lifetime Achievement award in 2007.
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What attendees are saying
The best way I can describe Future View is it's like riding a rocket. Literally, from day one, the conversations with people the first night we were here, through every single session. My mind was on overcharge. But, riding a rocket is the only way I can describe it. It's better than white water and white water is fantastic.
Riding rocket into technology that will continue to change the way we live in our county.
Jack Maguire - Planning/GIS Manager - County of Lexington, South Carolina
It is an eye opening experience for me to be at Future View. A revolution is taking place in the geo spatial industry here at Pictometry.
Randall Raymond - Geographic Information Specialist - Detroit Michigan Public Schools |
