Tom Poiker is interviewed by Nick Chrisman for his 2006 ESRI Press book “Charting the Unknown: How Computer Mapping at Harvard Became GIS.”

Tom Poiker (formerly Peucker) was visiting scholar at the Harvard Laboratory for Computer Graphics and Spatial Analysis in 1968 and from 1973 to 1974 while he was professor of geography at Simon Fraser University.  He is now professor emeritus at Simon Fraser University.