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Former Department of Geography Adjunct Faculty member Frederick Broome passed away on Dec. 2, 2006. For many years, he taught as a lecturer in the Department’s computer cartography and GIS courses. Broome was a longtime employee of the Geography Division at the U.S. Census Bureau, from which he retired in 2003 in the position of Chief, National Geographics Partnership Team. He was the U.S. government’s first employee with the title of “Computer Mapping Specialist” and was relied upon for his expertise in geospatial techniques. He played key roles in developing the address coding guidelines of the 1960s. the GBR/DIME program of the 1970s, assisted in creating TIGER in the 1980s, helped develop the Bureau’s automated cartographic system, formulated the concept of map image metafile (MIM) language, and played a substantial role in the development of the GPS and imagery update techniques currently in use. Broome was also involved in the Federal Geographic Data Committee, where he was devoted to building the National Spatial Data Infrastructure and served as Chair on the Subcommittee on Cultural and Demographic Data. He also worked on projects with the National Cancer Institute and National Institutes of Health and the Center for Disease Control.
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