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john r schmidt, Master of Science john@NCAD.net B.A. 1972 Williams College, major: religion 1973 - 76 U. Cincinnati College of Medicine M.S. 1985 U. Cincinnati College of Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering 1989 ... President, NCAD Corporation
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john r schmidt, Master of Science john@NCAD.net B.A. 1972 Williams College, major: religion 1973 - 76 U. Cincinnati College of Medicine M.S. 1985 U. Cincinnati College of Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering 1989 ... President, NCAD Corporation 1989 Partner with hp, intel, and Microsoft 1989 ESRI Business Partner 1992 ESRI Authorized Training Program 1994 BBB and Chamber of Commerce 1996 operating 1st CORS in eastern US interior - Erla GIS religion ?
quick review of GIS of religion time travel to early Earth trace precedents to our current world view, the basis of GIS GIS religion ?
GIS of religions http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/religion/
Fledgling GIS of religion http://www.ecai.org/Activities/2006Fargo/presentations.html http://www.thepoliscenter.iupui.edu/tpc/projects/347.aspx http://www.glenmary.org/grc/ http://www.religionatlas.org/
Data GIS of religion
Data GIS of religion • places of religion • ideas of religion • people of religion
mixing flux transience uncertainty diaspora GIS of religion Data people of religion
evolving World View I L T A E Religion Science Y R Art
http://www.stanford.edu/~harryg/protected/evolve5.htm mya 2 australopithecines 3 10 25 40 55
7 Then the LORD God formed a man [a] from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being. 8 Now the LORD God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed. 9 The LORD God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. 10 A river watering the garden flowed from Eden; from there it was separated into four headwaters. 11 The name of the first is the Pishon; it winds through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold. 12 (The gold of that land is good; aromatic resin [b] and onyx are also there.) 13 The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the entire land of Cush. [c] 14 The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Ashur. And the fourth river is the Euphrates. -1400 Genesis 2: 7-14 Today’s New International Version
Mesopotamia +2000 Ur Haran
WorldSat Mesopotamia +2000
how do we get food?where are we protected?tools shelterfrom whence we come?
earth is terrain; sky is moving domain of gods Babylon/China -3000 earth is convex, like the shell of a turtle earth is terrain; nightly heavens a cool tent for the almighty sun - 1000 earth is convex; sky objects revolving with regular, chartable patterns -322 earth is sphere; centered in universe -200 Eratosthenes planets wander around earth in arcs across background of fixed stars -100 earth is planet among others orbiting in circles; sun is central 1543 Copernicus earth is spherical planet revolving sun 1600 revolutions are circular; with epicycles revolutions are elliptical 1609 Kepler evolving World View evolving World View
1 The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. 2 Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge. 3 They have no speech, they use no words; no sound is heard from them. 4 Yet their voice [b] goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens he has pitched a tent for the sun, 5 which is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, like a champion rejoicing to run his course. 6 It rises at one end of the heavens and makes its circuit to the other; nothing is deprived of itswarmth. -1000 Psalm 19Today’s New International Version
the Greeks Socrates (-470-399) said that he did not teach, but rather served, like his mother, as a midwife to truth that is already in us! Making use of questions and answers to remind his students of knowledge is called maieutics (midwifery), or the Socratic method. He introduced monotheism against the prevalence of variety of gods. This gave the leading citizens of Athens the excuse they needed to sentence the fun-loving teacher to death for corrupting the morals of the youth of the city. In 399, he was ordered to drink hemlock, which he did in the company of his students. Although he left behind no writings, one student, Plato, was inspired to form the Academy in Athens, enduring for a millennium.
Aristotle (-384 - 322), son of the Greek court physician, first studied medicine, then to Athens, at Plato’s Academy. After Plato's death, Aristotle traveled widely, teaching Alexander the Great, who then conquered Athens, where Aristotle returned to establish his own school, The Lyceum.
The question as to the nature of the whole, whether it is infinite in size or limited in its total mass, is a matter for subsequent inquiry. First, however, we must explain what we mean by 'heaven' and in how many senses we use the word, in order to make clearer the object of our inquiry. (a) In one sense, then, we call 'heaven' the substance of the extreme circumference of the whole, or that natural body whose place is at the extreme circumference. We recognize habitually a special right to the name 'heaven' in the extremity or upper region, which we take to be the seat of all that is divine. (b) In another sense, we use this name for the body continuous with the extreme circumference which contains the moon, the sun, and some of the stars; these we say are 'in the heaven'. (c) In yet another sense we give the name to all body included within extreme circumference, since we habitually call the whole or totality 'the heaven'. The word, then, is used in three senses. Aristotle (-350) On the Heavens
Since changes evidently occur not only in the position of the stars but also in that of the whole heaven, there are three possibilities. Either (1) both are at rest, or (2) both are in motion, or (3) the one is at rest and the other in motion. (1) That both should be at rest is impossible; for, if the earth is at rest, the hypothesis does not account for the observations; and we take it as granted that the earth is at rest. It remains either that both are moved, or that the one is moved and the other at rest. Aristotle - On the Heavens
geometry evolved from (-1500) Egyptian use of stick in ground—gnomon--to measure the movement of sun. The sundial was optimized when the gnomon was tilted north at angle 23º 27’ consistent with axial tilt of Earth. Math
Euclid established a method of reasoning, applicable to plane geometry, organized with self-evident axioms and rules guiding logical deduction by provable steps leading to a derived truth. His method of reasoning has been utilized since more generally. Euclid (-325 – 265)
40,074 23º 27’
Father of Trigonometry Scientific geography originated with his invention of the method of fixing terrestrial positions by circles of latitude and longitude. Hipparchus (-190 -120) Dm=D/Ø
fundamental model: Earth is sphere; centered in universe 1st cartographer, by way of map projection This world view remained for 1500 years, during formation of Christianity. Ptolemy (+87 – 150)
