Next Generation Digital Earth Position Paper

[Karen Fullerton]

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 You may find this paper, in the International Journal of Spatial Data Infrastructures Research (http://ijsdir.jrc.it) ,
 of interest
 
Karen 

 

Next-Generation Digital Earth^*

A position paper from the Vespucci Initiative for the Advancement of Geographic Information Science

 

Max Craglia¹, Michael F. Goodchild², Alessandro Annoni¹, Gilberto Camara³, Michael Gould⁴, Werner Kuhn⁵, David Mark⁶, Ian Masser⁷, David Maguire⁸, Steve Liang^9, Ed Parsons¹⁰

 

¹ European Commission Joint Research Centre
[[e-mail]; alessandro.annoni@...]

² University of California at Santa Barbara [good@...]

³ National Institute for Space Research, Brasil [gilberto.camara@...]

⁴ University Jaume I, Castellon [gould@...]

⁵ University of Münster [kuhn@...]

⁶ State University of New York at Buffalo [dmark@...]

⁷ University College London [masser@...]

⁸ ESRI, Redlands [dmaguire@...]

⁹ University of Calgary [steve.liang@...]

¹⁰ Google [eparsons@...]

 

Abstract

This position paper is the outcome of a joint reflection by a group of international geographic and environmental scientists from government, industry, and academia brought together by the Vespucci Initiative for the Advancement of Geographic Information Science, and the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission. It argues that the vision of Digital Earth put forward by Vice-President Al Gore 10 years ago needs to be re-evaluated in the light of the many developments in the fields of information technology, data infrastructures, and earth observation that have taken place since. It focuses the vision on the next-generation Digital Earth and identifies priority research areas to support this vision. The paper is offered as input for discussion among different stakeholder communities with the aim to shape research and policy over the next 5-10 years.

 

Keywords: Digital Earth, spatial data infrastructures, Earth Observation, GEOSS, geobrowsers, voluntary geographic information.

 

http://ijsdir.jrc.it/index.php/ijsdir/article/viewFile/119/99

 

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http://ijsdir.jrc.ec.europa.eu/index.php/ijsdir/article/viewFile/119/99

 

 

Dr. Max Craglia
European Commission, Joint Research Centre,
Institute for Environment and Sustainability,
Spatial Data Infrastructures Unit
T.P. 262, I-21027 Ispra (VA), Italy

Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
e-mail: massimo.craglia@...

URL: http://sdi.jrc.it 

International Journal of Spatial Data Infrastructures Research http://ijsdir.jrc.it 

 

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 You may find this paper, in the International Journal of Spatial Data Infrastructures Research (http://ijsdir.jrc.it) ,
 of interest
 
Karen 

 

Next-Generation Digital Earth^*

A position paper from the Vespucci Initiative for the Advancement of Geographic Information Science

 

Max Craglia¹, Michael F. Goodchild², Alessandro Annoni¹, Gilberto Camara³, Michael Gould⁴, Werner Kuhn⁵, David Mark⁶, Ian Masser⁷, David Maguire⁸, Steve Liang^9, Ed Parsons¹⁰

 

¹ European Commission Joint Research Centre
[[e-mail]; alessandro.annoni@...]

² University of California at Santa Barbara [good@...]

³ National Institute for Space Research, Brasil [gilberto.camara@...]

⁴ University Jaume I, Castellon [gould@...]

⁵ University of Münster [kuhn@...]

⁶ State University of New York at Buffalo [dmark@...]

⁷ University College London [masser@...]

⁸ ESRI, Redlands [dmaguire@...]

⁹ University of Calgary [steve.liang@...]

¹⁰ Google [eparsons@...]

 

Abstract

This position paper is the outcome of a joint reflection by a group of international geographic and environmental scientists from government, industry, and academia brought together by the Vespucci Initiative for the Advancement of Geographic Information Science, and the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission. It argues that the vision of Digital Earth put forward by Vice-President Al Gore 10 years ago needs to be re-evaluated in the light of the many developments in the fields of information technology, data infrastructures, and earth observation that have taken place since. It focuses the vision on the next-generation Digital Earth and identifies priority research areas to support this vision. The paper is offered as input for discussion among different stakeholder communities with the aim to shape research and policy over the next 5-10 years.

 

Keywords: Digital Earth, spatial data infrastructures, Earth Observation, GEOSS, geobrowsers, voluntary geographic information.

 

http://ijsdir.jrc.it/index.php/ijsdir/article/viewFile/119/99

 

 

[Bartlett, Darius]

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Colleagues,

 

While preparing and updating my teaching materials for the coming academic year, I am seeking data on the current estimated / calculated “value” (economic, social) of geographical information, the technologies / industries / services that GI supports, and the number of people involved, in Europe and globally. I know a report on the contribution of GI within the Europe Union was produced by Alison Monro, for the JRC, some years ago. I wondered if anyone could please point me to updates on this, or to any alternative sources for such information?

 

Many thanks

 

Darius

 

 

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Darius Bartlett                       Darius Bartlett
Department of Geography           Roinn na Tireolaiochta
University College Cork             Colaste na hOllscoile Corcaigh 
Cork, Ireland                         Corcaigh, Eire

Phone: [phone]           E-mail: DJB@... 

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