02-01-2013, 01:21 PM
The Future of GIS
The Future.ppt (Size: 1.21 MB / Downloads: 60)
Uses of GIS: no change
The primary three:
manage data
analyze data
communicate information*
BUT
relative importance shifting
implementation technology changing
Consequences for GIS
Data is still at the heart
Dominant IT (Information technology) issues:
Hardware in the 1970s and 1980s
Software in the 1980s and 1990s
Data in the 2000s
Not an issues of acquiring data, but of managing it
Will we be short of it, or drowning in it?
Will its availability be
Plentiful and cheap
in infinite detail, if you can afford it
Severely curtailed by legal controls to ensure personal privacy
Conclusion
Our only model for the future is the past
think back as many years as you are looking forward
change has been both revolutionary.. and glacial
don’t forget that the pace of change is accelerating
maybe just gearing-up for the information age, not reaching its climax
but remember,we have to get there from here
can you envision a path?
if we knew the future, we wouldn’t be here!