I have been fortunate to have a lifelong career in mapping and GIS. During those 37+ years, I have been part of a multitude of technology platforms, changes, and challenges. This blog series will provide a history of some of the technologies and resulting change in business practices.
Turn Back The Clock With Old Tech
A client with some old technology-Zip disks, a Zip drive, and a Windows XP machine- asked us to extract the files and compare to the current data. What follows is a general overview of how we “turned back the clock”, detailing the process used to knock the dust off of the old technology and bring it to life in late 2020.