Transcript Maps-Mashups-New

Maps, Mashups, and New Digital Worlds
Exploring the Frontiers
of Geography and
Geographic Information
Science (GIScience)
Ken Foote, Head,
UConn,Geography,
[email protected]
Web Cartography & WebGIS
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The interfaces are intuitive: easy to learn and use
The API interfaces allow users to easily create custom maps and mashups
The systems make available high-quality geospatial data for the whole world
The systems are free
Map Mashups
VGI and Crowdsourcing
Neogeography literally means "new geography", and is commonly applied to the usage of
geographical techniques and tools used for personal and community activities or for
utilization by a non-expert group of users Application domains of neogeography are
typically not formal or analytical. (Wikipedia)
Real-time & Crisis Mapping
http://www.google.org/crisismap/weather_and_events
Historical GIS & Spatial Humanities
Travel &Tourism in the Jim Crow Era
Experiments in Visualization
3D, VR and Virtual Worlds
Mobile Mapping and GIS
1. Requesting the nearest business
or service
2. Turn by turn navigation to any
address
3. Finding friends, family, colleagues
& customers
4. Receiving alerts and warnings
5. Emergency services
6. Location-based mobile
advertising
7. Asset recovery
Converging technologies
Ubiquitous & Pervasive Computing
Maps within the Internet of Things
1) Energy conservation
2) Environmental monitoring
3) Anticipating hazardous
conditions
4) Rescue efforts
Data Mining & Knowledge Discovery
Googling and Tweeting Flu
http://www.google.org/flutrends/video/GoogleFluTrends_USFluActivity.mov
Geography & Data Mosaics
Emerging Ethical Issues
(1) Automated tracking of the locations and movements of individuals or vehicles;
(2) The use of images from satellites, aircraft, or
ground-based sensors that are of sufficient
resolution to identify individuals or vehicles
(3) The use of geographic location, in the form of
coordinates or street addresses, to link diverse sources
of data of a personal nature.
Education and Training
Collaborative learning
and teaching across
institutions
Promising Career Options
http://www.aag.org
http://www.aag.org
Career profiles
Sonia Arbona, Medical Geographer,
Texas Department of Health
Mark Barnes, Eagleton Governor’s
Executive Fellow, New York-New Jersey
Port Authority.
Nancy Tian, Geographer, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency
Jane Daniels, Executive Director,
Colorado Preservation, Inc.
Emily Young, Senior Director,
Environment Analysis & Strategy,
San Diego Foundation
Serge Dedina, Executive Director, WildCoast
Kate Pearson, Strategic Partnerships
Manager, Habitat for Humanity
Reena Patel, Foreign Service Officer,
U.S. Department of State
Tara Gettig,
Environmental
Education Specialist,
PA State Parks
Jason Welborn,
Biological Science Technician,
National Park Service
Miguel Aguilar Robledo,
Professor, Universidad
Autónoma de San Luis Potosí
Niem Huynh, Senior Researcher
Association of American
Geographers
Esther Ofori,
Marketing Analyst, Macy’s
Geography career trajectories
Planning (urban, social, economic, environmental, transportation)
Geographic information systems (GIS) & GIScience
Import-export trade and business analysis
Social mobilization & community-building
Conservation and sustainability planning
Regional & economic development
Geodemographics and marketing
Real estate location analysis
Climate change policy
Restoration ecology
Public health & environmental health
Education K-16 and beyond
Transportation planning
Global justice initiatives
Environmental justice
Sustainability science
Renewable energy
Resource specialists
Social services