Advanced geographic information systems: the contribution to the field of GIS made by David Mark and Michael Goodchild

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Michael Frank Goodchild and David M. Mark are both considered eminent geographers who are presently teaching at American universities. Their contribution and passion to the field of geography is tremendous and has left a lot of the human strata in awe. Although, they share a particular interest in Geographic Information Systems, they have both specialized in specific fields of study. In this assignment we will delve into the intricacies of their careers and we will further focus in a precise manner on some of their academic papers. This academic research will help us examine their investment and subsequently their contribution to the research in GIS. Besides, having a passion for geography, these renowned personalities have other hobbies just like any common man. For example, David M. Mark is bird-lover (in technical terms he is an ornithologist). He had also set the goal of taking pictures of the 59 places in the USA where at least three states would come together and collide. Furthermore, he has been recognized and awarded the ?Éclat' award for being the notorious Research Scientist in GIS. Mark acquired a B.A. in Geography from the Simon Fraser University in 1970 and an M.A. in Geography from the University of British Columbia in 1974. He successfully received his Ph.D. in Geography from Simon Fraser University (Burnaby, Canada) in 1977. Mark has been working as a Professor at the University of Buffalo (State University of New York) since 1987, after being an assistant and an associate professor for 6 years at the same university .One is free to visit the website covering Mark's history from his personal, career and professional life and his achievements which is ?http://www.geog.buffalo.edu/~dmark/cv/degrees.html.'

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[...] Moreover, in some contexts, such biased depictions of the world might be used to support ideologies. That is why the support of multiple and “specialized” user views in next generations of GIS would probably improve the representation of reality in GIS, but it should never allow us to think that this representation is perfect or objective. On the contrary specialized user views are inevitably biased. II/ Michael Frank Goodchild II/ Career Michael Frank Goodchild was born in 1944. He is American and Professor of Geography specialized in GIS. [...]

[...] Nevertheless these laws should not be totally rejected because they may be help us to think in a more efficient way (it is their “practical usefulness”). As a result they may contribute to both the development and formalisation of GIScience, and the improvement of GIS design. Bibliography Papers Goodchild, Michael Frank. Spatial Data Infrastructure of Environmental Modeling” in GIS and environmental modeling : progress and research issues. Fort Collins, CO : GIS World Books M.F. Goodchild (2004) The validity and usefulness of laws in geographic information science and geography in Annals of the Association of American Geographers 94(2) 300–303. [393] Mark, D. [...]

[...] David M. Mark has supervised 12 completed doctoral degrees (i.e. most recently Daniel Howard's Dissertation: "Online Public Participation GIS: Shaping the Scales and Spaces of Comprehensive Planning," defended in January 2006). Most students whose PhD he supervised are now professors or assistant professors in American universities (i.e. Barry J. Kronenfeld, Jeffrey C. Brunskill, Steven Parkansky, etc.). He has supervised more than 40 master's degrees too (i.e. Scott M. Freundschuh, "Assessing the abilities of pre-literate children to use maps." May, 1987). [...]

[...] M «Cognitive image-schemata for geographic information: Relations to user views and GIS interfaces Proceedings, GIS/LIS'89, Orlando, Florida, v 551-560. From http://www.geog.buffalo.edu/~dmark/cv/dmm_web_pubs.html Works Cited Bartlett, Darius. GG3012 course at UCC. Lectures and PowerPoint about “Data quality”. Estes, J.E., and D.W. Mooneyhan Of maps and myths. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 60(5):517-24. Heywood Ian, Cornelius Sarah, Carver Steve (edited by) An Introduction to Geographic Information Systems. Third Edition (Harlow, England ; New York : Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006). Johnson, Mark The Body in the Mind: The Bodily Basis of Meaning, Imagination, and Reason. [...]

[...] Advanced geographic information systems: the contribution to the field of GIS made by David Mark and Michael Goodchild Introduction Michael Frank Goodchild and David M. Mark are both renowned geographers teaching at American universities. They share a particular interest in Geographic Information Systems although they are both specialized in particular area of study. In this assignment we will depict their careers and we will focus more precisely on some of their academic papers in order to examine their contribution to research in GIS. [...]