Outline of the Core Curriculum in GIScience

This outline gives an overview of the units that comprise the Core Curriculum in GIScience, along with hyperlinks to each. Note that hyperlinks are active only from the downloaded PDF document.

Outline of the Core Curriculum in GIScience

This outline gives an overview of the units that comprise the Core Curriculum in GIScience, along with hyperlinks to each. Note that hyperlinks are active only from the downloaded PDF document.

Introduction to the Core Curriculum in GIScience

This introduction provides context to the Core Curriculum in GIScience, including its design philosophy, organization of core concepts, editorial procedure, a development timetable, list of original developers and editorial notes. Note that hyperlinks are active only from the downloaded PDF document

Cognitive and Linguistic Aspects of Geographic Space: Report on a Workshop (88-3)

Human conceptualization of space and its reflection in language represent a critical element in the research agenda for geographic information systems and spatial analysis. Spatial reference also is an important topic in linguistics, and spatial concepts play a central role in cognitive science. Development of a "general theory of spatial relations" has been identified as a critical research topic for the National Science Foundation’s proposed National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis. Thus far, it seems that research in the spatial sciences has been conducted in relative isolation from research in the cognitive and linguistic sciences. In response to this situation, a 2-day workshop entitled "Cognitive and Linguistic Aspects of Geographic Space" was held in 280 Park Hall on the Amherst campus of the State University of New York at Buffalo. The primary purpose of the proposed meeting is to bring together key researchers from both the cognitive/linguistic and the geographical sciences, in order to advance progress in both areas. This report attempts to summarize the scientific content of the discussions which went on during the workshop, and makes recommendations for further work in general, and for a future similar meeting to possibly be held at some time in the near future

Cognitive and Linguistic Aspects of Geographic Space: Report on a Workshop (88-3)

Human conceptualization of space and its reflection in language represent a critical element in the research agenda for geographic information systems and spatial analysis. Spatial reference also is an important topic in linguistics, and spatial concepts play a central role in cognitive science. Development of a "general theory of spatial relations" has been identified as a critical research topic for the National Science Foundation’s proposed National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis. Thus far, it seems that research in the spatial sciences has been conducted in relative isolation from research in the cognitive and linguistic sciences. In response to this situation, a 2-day workshop entitled "Cognitive and Linguistic Aspects of Geographic Space" was held in 280 Park Hall on the Amherst campus of the State University of New York at Buffalo. The primary purpose of the proposed meeting is to bring together key researchers from both the cognitive/linguistic and the geographical sciences, in order to advance progress in both areas. This report attempts to summarize the scientific content of the discussions which went on during the workshop, and makes recommendations for further work in general, and for a future similar meeting to possibly be held at some time in the near future

NCGIA 18 Month Report (90-7)

On August 19, 1988, the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded the NCGIA to a consortium of the University of California, Santa Barbara, the State University of New York at Buffalo, and the University of Maine, with funding of $1.1 million a year for five years. The first year’s operation officially began December 1, 1988, with funding effective as of that date.This document contains material requested by NSF in support of its 18-month review of the progress of the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGIA). It is organized in three sections as follows: Narrative summaries of progress under each of the Center’s Research Initiatives. For each of the initiatives currently under way, the document includes a 4-6 page discussion of progress and results, and a listing of publications with short abstracts. Narrative summary of progress in education

A Research Agenda for the NCGIA Renewal 1993-1996 (92-7)

This document presents a revised and updated research agenda for geographic information and analysis, including references and linkages to NCGIA research initiatives.The first 42 months of the NCGIA have demonstrated that a multi-institutional, multi-disciplinary center for the advancement of fundamental geographic and GIS research can function effectively. The new research plan builds on the previous one, but also reflects the advancement in our thinking. The five research areas listed in the original solicitation from the National Science Foundation, often referred to as "the five bullets", are herein replaced by three general research areas: spatial representation; spatial analysis; and spatial informatics. This new framework serves as the common base from which individual research efforts can be selected and planned, and into which they are integrated. Research at the NCGIA will continue to focus on the data-intensive modeling of spatial phenomena and spatial processes, both physical and human, within computational systems. This viewpoint is crucial for modeling of all spatial data, independent of the data source, their disciplinary nature, and the analytical methods used. We see this as the scientific goal of the NCGIA, and the sections which follow detail the specific fundamental scientific questions that we have identified within this overall objective

A Research Agenda for the NCGIA Renewal 1993-1996 (92-7)

This document presents a revised and updated research agenda for geographic information and analysis, including references and linkages to NCGIA research initiatives.The first 42 months of the NCGIA have demonstrated that a multi-institutional, multi-disciplinary center for the advancement of fundamental geographic and GIS research can function effectively. The new research plan builds on the previous one, but also reflects the advancement in our thinking. The five research areas listed in the original solicitation from the National Science Foundation, often referred to as "the five bullets", are herein replaced by three general research areas: spatial representation; spatial analysis; and spatial informatics. This new framework serves as the common base from which individual research efforts can be selected and planned, and into which they are integrated. Research at the NCGIA will continue to focus on the data-intensive modeling of spatial phenomena and spatial processes, both physical and human, within computational systems. This viewpoint is crucial for modeling of all spatial data, independent of the data source, their disciplinary nature, and the analytical methods used. We see this as the scientific goal of the NCGIA, and the sections which follow detail the specific fundamental scientific questions that we have identified within this overall objective

Query Languages for Geographic Information Systems (90-12)

The three papers contained in this report show three different perspectives of interactive query languages for geographic information and analysis, an emphasis of the NCGIA’s Research Initiative No. 2 on "Languages of Spatial Relations." They are published as a technical report to make them accessible to readers as a whole so that they can make comparisons between the different approaches.The first paper, "Concepts of Spatial Objects in GIS User Interfaces and Query Languages," was presented at GIS/LIS ’89 in Orlando. It investigates the requirements for a GIS query language from a user’s perspective. The second paper, "Spatial SQL: A Query and Representation Language," shows how such a GIS query language can be designed as an extension of the well-known relational query language SQL. Finally, the third paper, entitled "LOBSTER: Combining AI and Database Techniques for GIS," is a reprint of an article published in Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, Vol. 56, No. 6, June 1990, pp. 919-926. It reports on the implementation of and experience with a prototype of a spatial query language based upon the Prolog programming language