INTEGRATED DIGITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS

The paper reviews technological developments since the Second World War and their impact as catalysts in developing the concept of digital information systems. The case for, and progress towards, the establishment of a Geographic Information System for Northern Ireland is discussed together with consideration of the possible implications elsewhere based on the experience gained in Northern Ireland. “There is a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.” Brutus in Julius Caesar, Act IV Scene iii (William Shakespeare)