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4421. What are the Grand Challenges of Geographic Information Science

4421. What are the Grand Challenges of Geographic Information Science. Co-sponsored by GI Systems & Science, Cyberinfrastructure, Spatial Analysis & Modeling. What are Grand Challenges?. are extremely hard to do, yet are do-able

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4421. What are the Grand Challenges of Geographic Information Science

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  1. 4421. What are the Grand Challenges of Geographic Information Science Co-sponsored by GI Systems & Science, Cyberinfrastructure, Spatial Analysis & Modeling

  2. What are Grand Challenges? • are extremely hard to do, yet are do-able • produce outcomes potentially affecting millions, if not hundreds of millions of people • require multiple research projects across many subdisciplines in order to be satisfactorily addressed • consist of well-defined metrics such that, through creativity and commitment, can be realistically met and one knows the end has been reached • capture the popular imagination, and thus political support

  3. Make solar energy affordable Engineer better medicines Prevent nuclear terror Provide access to clean water everywhere Secure cyberspace Reverse-engineer the brain! “Grand Challenges”National Academy of Engineering

  4. Panelists • Tim Nyerges, University of Washington • May Yuan, University of Oklahoma • Peggy Agouris, George Mason • Ted Cope, NGA • Jerry Johnston, EPA

  5. Grand Challenges in GIScience?? • Finish Digital Earth by 2015! • Create digital simulations of geographic phenomena indistinguishable from real counterparts! • Map or visualize all uncertainties! • Find all appropriate data no matter how hidden!

  6. Geographic Representation Scale Spatial Data Acquisition & Integration Spatial Cognition Spatial Ontologies Space and Space/Time Analysis & Modeling Uncertainty Visualization GIS and Society Geographic Information Engineering UCGIS Long-Term Research Priorities

  7. Grand Challenges in GIScience?? • What is the cost to the nation of geographic information that is inaccurate, overaccurate or out-of-date? • What role can geographic technologies play in eliminating geographic illiteracy? • In what ways have we yet to exploit the superiority of digital maps over paper maps? • By how much can effective use of geographic information improve human safety and welfare while reducing the associated costs? Keith Clarke, UCSB

  8. http://www.ucgis.org

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