Beyond Mapping: The Challenges of New Technologies in the Geographic Information Sciences

超越测绘：地理信息科学新技术的挑战

• 批准号: 0071916
• 负责人: Anthony de Souza
• 金额: $ 3.71万
• 依托单位: National Academy of Sciences
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-01-01 至 2006-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0071916&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Beyond; Mapping; Challenges; New; Technologies

Rapid technological changes over the past three decades have had profound and challenging impacts on the cluster of disciplines that focus on the production, dissemination, and use of geographic information and related technologies, i.e., the geographic information sciences. This 18-month study will assess the geographic information sciences via examination of their intellectual bases and associated research agendas, sources of research funding, organization within educational institutions, and links with other more broadly-based disciplines such as computer and information science. The study will also assess the current and future demand for professionals in the geographic information sciences and future competitive prospects for U.S. industries based on the geographic information sciences.The significance of this research lies in its ability to describe, predict, and explain current and future gaps between societal need and demand for geographic information sciences and a workforce skilled in this knowledge and these techniques. As the technology evolves, the agencies, public and private, that provide data to decision-makers and stakeholders must also evolve. To chart a future direction, we need a better understanding of the trajectory of change in the geographic information sciences over the past 30 years.

在过去的三十年里，快速的技术变革对专注于地理信息和相关技术的生产，传播和使用的学科群产生了深刻而具有挑战性的影响，即，地理信息科学。 这项为期18个月的研究将通过审查其知识基础和相关的研究议程，研究资金来源，教育机构内的组织以及与其他更广泛的学科（如计算机和信息科学）的联系来评估地理信息科学。 该研究还将评估当前和未来对地理信息科学专业人员的需求以及美国地理信息科学行业的未来竞争前景。这项研究的意义在于它能够描述、预测和解释当前和未来社会需求之间的差距。对地理信息科学的需求以及精通该知识和技术的劳动力。 随着技术的发展，为决策者和利益攸关方提供数据的公共和私营机构也必须发展。 为了规划未来的方向，我们需要更好地了解过去30年来地理信息科学的变化轨迹。