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Brian J. L. Berry In 1964, Berry first wrote about the geographic matrix, an analytical conceptualization of a computer aided form that arguably was a predecessor of the GIS attribute table. Berry’s geographic matrix aided the evolution of GIScience in surpassing technical topics and issues, promoting an appreciation of the conceptual and functional linkages between GIS and GIScience's emerging intellectual core. A measure of the significant impact of the geographic matrix has been both the number of times that journal articles have been dedicated to its discussion and the span of time that this innovative contribution continues to be influential in research, persisting to the present time, almost 60 years since its original publication and promotion. This constitutes a profound influence of the geographic matrix on the theory and/or practice of GIScience vis-à-vis geographic information technology. Berry’s groundbreaking spatial analysis work in methodological and theoretical GIScience developments over many decades, epitomized by his fundamental and innovative contribution of the geographic matrix to GIS, are proving to be long-lasting transformative geospatial research contributions. UCGIS will honor Brian Berry and other award recipients as part of its Symposium 2021 programming activities. |