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GIS For Politics: Andrew U. Frank Geoinfo TU Vienna Frank@geoinfo - Tuwien.ac - at
GIS For Politics: Andrew U. Frank Geoinfo TU Vienna Frank@geoinfo - Tuwien.ac - at
Politics
Andrew U. Frank
Geoinfo TU Vienna
frank@geoinfo.tuwien.ac.at
Key Experience:
Comparing AM/FM with GIS in mid 80s:
success reports for AM/FM
hopeful projects with GIS
Why?
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Why is a Technology
Successful?
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My background
dipl.ing. Surveying from ETH Zurich
doctorate in database modeling for GIS
NCGIA - U Maine
research focus at TU Vienna:
modeling with cognitive science
perspective
economics and marketing for GIS
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My approach to GIS
initially:
concern for the limited natural resources.
I hoped GIS would help to a better world.
Folk theorem:
More information leads to better decisions.
I still believe in rationality, even in politics.
GIS PlaNET 1998
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GIS Today:
- successful in day to day management of
administrative data
-support for planning
Rapid growth,
but not commensurate with potential.
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GI used in Political
Decisions
Substantial potential,
but seldom used.
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- changes
- decide on actions to change situation
to improve
- concentrate on situation affecting
the population
Similar question can be asked for other
potential users.
GIS PlaNET 1998
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What Information
Produces
Detailed information about current state.
a GIS
Static
Information often related to land cover
(data from remote sensing).
Limited information on social parameters.
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Case:
European Agricultural
Known: current situation
Politics
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What is Required?
Data about change.
Integration of data from
environment,
agriculture and
social system.
Help to predict effects of rule changes.
Models for processes.
Methods to evaluate alternatives.
GIS PlaNET 1998
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Watchword:
No GIS without time!
(the requirement is similar for most
administrative applications of GIS)
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Technology required to
Model Process
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Potential Solution
Use second order calculus!
For Technologists:
- Functional programming language
based on higher order languages
merged with
- Object-Oriented Technology
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Haskell
- a functional language with performance
within a factor of 3 ... 7 to C++
- logically clean
- spatial temporal databases using a
temporal ER model (Chorochronos
project)
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Conclusion 1: Geographic
Information Product - GIP
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Conclusion 2:
Technology required to
satisfy the need of
Politicians:
- spatio-temporal database
- integration of physical and social science
data
- construction of spatial process models
- interoperability
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Conclusion 3: Research
Issues
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