题目/TOPIC     

         From Multipurpose Survey Control and Base Mapping to Personal Spatial Data Infrastructures: 50 years of Opportunities and Challenges in Canada’s Geospatial Community

报告人/SPEAKER: David J. Coleman

        Professor of University of New Brunswick Canada

地点 /PLACE: 213 conference room, Physics Building

时间 /TIME : 8:30 a.m., May 22nd, 2018

简介/INTRODUCTION

        Prof. David Coleman is a professor of Geomatics Engineering at the University of New Brunswick, former dean of the faculty of Engineering, and former Chair of the department of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering. He has authored over 150 articles and reports dealing with spatial data infrastructure, land information policy, geomatics operations management, geographic information standards and volunteered geographic information. He is currently President of the Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Association and a fellow of both the Canadian Academy of Engineering and the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. Prior to obtaining his PhD, he spent 15 years in the Canadian geomatics industry as a project surveyor and engineer, then an executive with one of Canada's largest digital mapping firms, and later as a partner in a land information management consulting firm. Over the past twenty years, he has served as President of the Canadian Institute of Geomatics, a member of the Mapping Sciences Committee of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, a member of both the Research Management Committee and the Board of Directors of the GEOIDE Research Network of Centres of Excellence, Canadian delegate to FIG Commission 3, a member of the UNB Senate and Board of Governors.

报告摘要/ABSTRACT

        Since the late 1960s, government organizations and private companies in Canada alone have invested billions of dollars in the development of the geospatial referencing systems, base mapping programs, cadastral/property mapping programs, road networks, resource inventories, infrastructure mapping and geospatially-referenced E911 program. Fifty years ago, the use and value of coordinate-based survey control was questioned in both professional and government circles. Today, the ubiquitous positioning capabilities and readily available geospatial datasets that feed our public and personal spatial data infrastructures underpin the manner in which we conduct our daily professional and personal activities.While these developments have been exciting, the technical and social tradeoffs – and how they influence the future role and education of geospatial professionals – are also significant. This presentation offers insights and reflections on the evolution of Canada’s geospatial community and the educational programs that support that community from the late 1960s to 2018. In addition to discussing the changing role of the geospatial industry and professional bodies in Canada, opportunities and challenges to post-secondary programs will also be discussed.