GIS Planning celebrates 25 years as GIS software leader
January 10, 2023
Once upon a time, economic development marketing meant printed brochures, VHS cassettes, telephone calls and in-person visits. It's hard to imagine now, but back then, if a prospective investor wanted GIS data visualized on a map, you'd have to request this from the GIS department and wait for them to generate one. Two Berkeley University graduate students named Pablo Monzon and Anatalio Ubalde (pictured at right) recognized how incredibly powerful it would be if website visitors could do this on their own, especially when paired with a commercial sites and buildings database. The pair built the first prototype of the online web tool we now all know as ZoomProspector.