GIS：today tomorrow--Goodchild_B.pptVIP

Andrew Curtis, Department of Geography, Louisiana State University http://ncg.nuim.ie/ncg/events 1. Google Earth image 2. 1843 map of London from David Rumsey collection 3. Pump and death locations from my own web site Geographic information science The science behind the systems The fundamental issues raised by the technologies The principles implemented in the technologies Major discoveries in GIScience Theories of representation discrete objects and continuous fields object fields, metamaps unification Models of uncertainty error propagation downscaling Principles of spatial cognition Theories of the geographic world spatial dependence, spatial heterogeneity Future prospects Knowing where everything is (at all times) every mobile phone every vehicle every farm animal every item in a store every construction beam every asset for emergency response every victim of a disaster Representation of 3D structures and positioning inside them extending navigation to indoors The role of the citizen Placenames, streets, social characteristics Early notification of change Early reports of damage from a disaster Both producer and consumer of geographic information The local expert Access Systems that are easy to use, open to all A technology of design simulations of future landscapes evaluation of the effects of natural processes and human actions A technology of dynamics Real-time, continuous monitoring The state of the world at all times the state of the transportation network the state of human health the state of the environment Sensor networks static carried on moving objects humans as sensors The grand challenges of GIScience Representing the full range of conditions and phenomena on a dynamic Earth 4D, unary and binary Providing simulations of real processes that are indistinguishable from reality Managing the flow of data from a host of sensors Communicating knowledge of abstract phenomena and uncertainty to the non-expert user Capturing the local geographic