fredag den 20. februar 2009

What are some of the technological frontiers for GIS advancement?


Er GIS en egenskab ved informationer i verden eller er verden fyldt med GIS? Er GIS noget abstrakt som man kan forholde sig til uden at koble til noget konkret? Hvad er GIS?
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Is GIS a capacity of informations in the world or is the world filled with GIS? Is GIS something abstract that you can view on it's own without anything else? What is GIS?
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Geospatial technology hasn’t been around for very long. This year marks the 40th anniversary for both ESRI and Intergraph, two of the prominent geospatial vendors. In this short time span, many technical hurdles have been addressed and overcome, and GIS continues to expand its adoption in both scientific disciplines as well as mainstream consumer applications. While much of the promise of the technology has been realized, there are still plenty of frontiers yet to be explored.

There is a certain level of maturity for geospatial technology development as many of the frontiers have been scoped and mapped. Ongoing research and development by academic, government and vendor researchers continues at a rather fast pace, but the technical hurdles of these frontiers are considerable. Even though the path to these achievements may still be difficult, it’s important to keep these ultimate goals in sight. Below are short descriptions of several frontiers, with some details on what might become possible if they’re cracked, and rudimentary explanations of the issues that need to be addressed. By no means is this list exhaustive, and comments and suggestions are welcome to round out the list for a more complete road map. [...]

  • 3D Integration
  • Temporal GIS
  • Real-Time GIS
  • The Semantic Web
  • Imagery Change Detection
  • Spatial Analysis

Resources

Contemporary GIS and Future Directions, Joseph Berry (GeoWorld, Nov. 2006)

The Semantic Web, Tim Berners-Lee (Scientific American, May 2001)

Challenges for GIS in Emergency Preparedness and Response [PDF], ESRI White Paper (May 2000)

What’s the Promise of Intelligent 3D Models?, Spatial Sustain, Oct. 26, 2007

Why is there so little geospatial analysis?, Spatial Sustain, Dec. 7, 2007

Geospatial Analysis - A Comprehensive Guide, de Smith, Goodchild, Longley (2006)

Image Change Detection Algorithms: A Systematic Survey [PDF], Richard J. Radke (2005


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