Dr. J. Ronald Eastman is a Professor of Geography at

Clark University Clark University is a private research university in Worcester, Massachusetts. Founded in 1887 with a large endowment from its namesake Jonas Gilman Clark, a prominent businessman, Clark was one of the first modern research universities in the ...

and the author and chief developer of

IDRISI TerrSet (formerly IDRISI) is an integrated geographic information system (GIS) and remote sensing software developed by Clark Labs at Clark University for the analysis and display of digital geospatial information. TerrSet is a PC grid-based syste ...

GIS Software. At Clark he teaches the class Advanced Topics in GIS. In 2003, Eastman received the Ronald F. Abler Distinguished Service Honors from the

Association of American Geographers The American Association of Geographers (AAG) is a non-profit scientific and educational society aimed at advancing the understanding, study, and importance of geography and related fields. Its headquarters is located in Washington, D.C. Th ...

(AAG). Eastman was awarded the

Distinguished Career Award A Distinguished Career Award is an award recognizing individuals for notable Notability is the property of being worthy of notice, having fame, or being considered to be of a high degree of interest, significance, or distinction. It also refer ...

at the 2010 Annual AAG Meeting.

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