Abstract
Great strides have been made in geographic information systems and science over the past 14 years: through the development of spatial data infrastructures and the infrastructure of data sharing; through advances in the technologies of positioning, data acquisition, data dissemination, and data analysis; and through advances in the science that lies behind the technology. Five future scenarios are examined: a world in which it is possible to know where everything is at all times; a world of positioning, representation, and wayfinding that is fully three dimensional; a world that involves the citizen as both consumer and producer of geographic information; a world of ready access to predictions of future landscapes; and a world of real-time dynamic information.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 3-9 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Annals of GIS |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2009 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Geographic information science
- Geographic information system
- Geospatial dynamics
- Positioning
- Representation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computer Science Applications
- Earth and Planetary Sciences(all)