Comments on: THE MECHANICAL WORK OF THE TWELFTH CENSUS http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/01/the-mechanical-work-of-the-twelfth-census/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:21:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Mike Mahaffie http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/01/the-mechanical-work-of-the-twelfth-census/#comment-1051403 Mike Mahaffie Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:58:09 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/01/the-mechanical-work-of-the-twelfth-census/#comment-1051403 The Census Bureau, and the TIGER geospatial data system it developed, also were a major help in the development of GIS and can be called an important precursor to Google Maps and Earth and systems like that. And yet, despite having worked with the Bureau as a state-level partner for many years now, and bearing them the best will in the world, I have to say that the opening line of this article made me laugh: "Now that the Census Bureau has been made a permanent branch of the government, it attains the dignity and importance which its merits deserve." The Census Bureau, and the TIGER geospatial data system it developed, also were a major help in the development of GIS and can be called an important precursor to Google Maps and Earth and systems like that.

And yet, despite having worked with the Bureau as a state-level partner for many years now, and bearing them the best will in the world, I have to say that the opening line of this article made me laugh:

“Now that the Census Bureau has been made a permanent branch of the government, it attains the dignity and importance which its merits deserve.”

]]> By: Ben Blok http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/01/the-mechanical-work-of-the-twelfth-census/#comment-1051392 Ben Blok Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:29:05 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/01/the-mechanical-work-of-the-twelfth-census/#comment-1051392 Reading this article and the previous cencus articles, I have the impression that the Census Bureau was a very big driving force in the development of computers as a technology. Reading this article and the previous cencus articles, I have the impression that the Census Bureau was a very big driving force in the development of computers as a technology.

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