excelling in gis means
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The slides in this presentation are from the closing plenary of the 2010 GIS-PRO conference sponsored by the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA). The assigned task for the closing plenary remarks is to challenge GIS professionals to excel. I do so by recalling a selection of challenges from a previous, invited address that have not yet been met, by raising the bar on some of the leading applied research initiatives at URISA 2009 and 2010 conferences, and by recalling several outstanding sources of documentation that are required reading for anyone who wants to or claims to excel in the application of geographic information systems (GIS). The slides are discussed in detail in the paper which is published in the conference proceedings (URISA.com).TRANSCRIPT
Excelling in GIS MeansRunning with the Big Dogs
Dr. Barry WellarProfessor Emeritus, University of Ottawa
Principal, Wellar Consulting Inc.President, Information Research Board (IRB) Inc.
[email protected]://www.wellar.ca/wellarconsulting/
Closing Plenary Slides
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Excelling in GIS Means Running with the Big Dogs
Excelling in GIS MeansKnowing URISA’s History
Closing Plenary
Excelling in GIS Means Running with the Big Dogs
Excelling in GIS MeansExpert Advice and
Hands-On Involvement
Programs and Exhibits Workshops and Workbooks Ideas and Actions Human Resources and Technology Expert Advice and Hands-on Involvement Testing and Calibrating Supporting and Promoting Education and Training Criticism and Encouragement
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Source: Forty Years of Vision: URISA in the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s. Figure 6. Contributions to Information Industry Associations, Organizations and Corporations
Excelling in GIS Means Running with the Big Dogs
Excelling in GIS MeansHaving A+ Answers for the
“Who Care’s” Question
Leading-edge Publications Leading-edge Conference Programs State-of-the-Field Reviews and Forecasts Reality–Data–Information–Knowledge Transforms IS/GIS/LIS Means of R–D–I–K Transforms Systems Integration IS/GIS/LIS/MIS/RIS/TIS/… Innovation and Adoption
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Source: Forty Years of Vision: URISA in the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s. Figure 7. Contributions to Society/Science
Excelling in GIS Means Running with the Big Dogs
Excelling in GIS MeansHaving A+ Answers for the
“Who Care’s” Question
Real-World Applications of IS/GIS/LIS/MIS/RIS/TIS/… Decision Support Systems Information as an Investment Democratization of Data/Information Through IS/GIS/LIS/PPIS/… Mapping Cause-Effect Connections Through GIS Performance Measurement Methodology Better Governance
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Source: Forty Years of Vision: URISA in the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s. Figure 7. Contributions to Society/Science
Excelling in GIS Means Running with the Big Dogs
Excelling in GIS MeansRockin’, Not Just Rowin’
the Research Boat
Beyond Same Old Same Old to New and Different Beyond Data to Information and Knowledge Beyond Analysis to Synthesis Beyond Cataloguing to Hypothesizing and Theorizing Beyond Indicators to Indexes Beyond Description to Explanation and Prediction
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Source: Forty Years of Vision: URISA in the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s. Figure 8. Advancing Research Frontiers
Excelling in GIS Means Running with the Big Dogs
Excelling in GIS MeansRockin’, Not Just Rowin’
the Research Boat
Beyond Events to Processes Beyond Incidents to Patterns Beyond Concepts to Operations Beyond Exploratory to Confirmatory Beyond “One-offs” to Generalizations
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Source: Forty Years of Vision: URISA in the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s. Figure 8. Advancing Research Frontiers
Excelling in GIS Means Running with the Big Dogs
Excelling in GIS MeansTaking GIS to New Levels:
Hello Duty of Care and Standard of Care
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Excelling in GIS Means Running with the Big Dogs
Excelling in GIS MeansPolishing the “P” in
GISP:We Have a Foot in the Door, but….
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Excelling in GIS Means Running with the Big Dogs
Excelling in GIS Means Maxing Your Card at “The Big Dog Library”
By Reading the Books!
URISA Proceedings
URISA Workshop Materials
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Excelling in GIS Means Running with the Big Dogs
Acknowledgement
I wish to acknowledge the assistance provided by Sam Herold,
technical advisor, Information Research Board (IRB) Inc.
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