TEN YEARS OF GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND SCIENCE – AND WHY IT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER.
This presentation will take a ten year perspective on the evolution of GIS and GIScience, through the lens of three editions of one textbook in the area. Today, anyone who uses Google Maps or Earth on their desktop or smartphone is aware of the potential of spatial analysis, but they should also be aware of its potential pitfalls. At its heart, GIS remains centrally concerned with the unique, complex and sometimes difficult choices that arise in answering the question “Where?” This presentation will provide an overview of the core organizing concepts that continue to characterize the field, as well as more recent developments in ‘open source’ data and software, developments in Web technology and location-based services, and the changing management setting to GIS usage.
PaulLongley 博士，倫敦城市大學地理信息科學教授。出版過14部書籍和125篇審稿論文和書籍章節，獲得過40余項研究資助并指導過35位博士研究生。 Environment and Planning B的co-editor和其它五個編委會成員。曾做過150余場會議和特邀報告。詳細介紹參考Longley教授的個人網頁：http://www.paul-longley.com/.
時間地點：10月19日下午3:00開始（2602會議室）
主辦單位: 資源與環境信息系統國家重點實驗室
中國地理信息系統協會
