This paper discusses the role of Geoinformatics as a new scientific discipline designed for handling of geospatial information.Depending on the scientific background of the people involved in shaping the emerging disc...This paper discusses the role of Geoinformatics as a new scientific discipline designed for handling of geospatial information.Depending on the scientific background of the people involved in shaping the emerging discipline,emphasis may be placed on different aspects of Geoinformatics.Applications and developments may address geoscientific,spatial planning,or computer science related matters.The scientific field of Geoinformatics encompasses the acquisition and storing of geospatial data,the modelling and presentation of spatial information,geoscientific analyses and spatial planning,and the development of algorithms and geospatial database systems.It is the position of the author that these tools from Geoinformatics are necessary to bridge the gap between Digital Earth models and the real world with its real-world problems(‘connecting through location’).It is,however,crucial that Geoinformatics represents a coherent integrated approach to the acquisition,storage,analysis,modeling,presentation,and dissemination of geo-processes and not a patchwork solution of unconnected fields of activity.Geoinformatics is as such not a part of Geography,Surveying,or Computer Science,but a new self-contained scientific discipline.The current paper highlights international and national trends of the discipline and presents a number of Geoinformatics initiatives.The research and teaching activities of the newly formed Institute for Geoinformatics and Remote Sensing(IGF)at the University of Osnabrueck serve as an example for these initiatives.All these developments have lead to the long overdue formation of a scientific‘Society for Geoinformatics’(German:Gesellschaft fu¨r Geoinformatik-GfGI)in Germany.展开更多
The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the definition of a European perspective on Digital Earth(DE),identify some actions that can contribute to raise the awareness of DE in the European context and thus stren...The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the definition of a European perspective on Digital Earth(DE),identify some actions that can contribute to raise the awareness of DE in the European context and thus strengthen the European contribution to the International Society for Digital Earth(ISDE).The paper identifies opportunities and synergies with the current policy priorities in Europe(Europe 2020,Innovation Union and Digital Agenda)and highlights a number of key areas to advance the development of DE from a European perspective:(1)integrating scientific research into DE;(2)exploiting the Observation Web with human-centred sensing;and(3)governance,including the establishment of stronger linkages across the European landscape of funding streams and initiatives.The paper is offered also as a contribution to the development of this new vision of DE to be presented at the next International DE Conference in Perth,Australia,in August 2011.The global recognition of this new vision will then reinforce the European component and build a positive feedback loop for the further implementation of DE across the globe.展开更多
文摘This paper discusses the role of Geoinformatics as a new scientific discipline designed for handling of geospatial information.Depending on the scientific background of the people involved in shaping the emerging discipline,emphasis may be placed on different aspects of Geoinformatics.Applications and developments may address geoscientific,spatial planning,or computer science related matters.The scientific field of Geoinformatics encompasses the acquisition and storing of geospatial data,the modelling and presentation of spatial information,geoscientific analyses and spatial planning,and the development of algorithms and geospatial database systems.It is the position of the author that these tools from Geoinformatics are necessary to bridge the gap between Digital Earth models and the real world with its real-world problems(‘connecting through location’).It is,however,crucial that Geoinformatics represents a coherent integrated approach to the acquisition,storage,analysis,modeling,presentation,and dissemination of geo-processes and not a patchwork solution of unconnected fields of activity.Geoinformatics is as such not a part of Geography,Surveying,or Computer Science,but a new self-contained scientific discipline.The current paper highlights international and national trends of the discipline and presents a number of Geoinformatics initiatives.The research and teaching activities of the newly formed Institute for Geoinformatics and Remote Sensing(IGF)at the University of Osnabrueck serve as an example for these initiatives.All these developments have lead to the long overdue formation of a scientific‘Society for Geoinformatics’(German:Gesellschaft fu¨r Geoinformatik-GfGI)in Germany.
文摘The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the definition of a European perspective on Digital Earth(DE),identify some actions that can contribute to raise the awareness of DE in the European context and thus strengthen the European contribution to the International Society for Digital Earth(ISDE).The paper identifies opportunities and synergies with the current policy priorities in Europe(Europe 2020,Innovation Union and Digital Agenda)and highlights a number of key areas to advance the development of DE from a European perspective:(1)integrating scientific research into DE;(2)exploiting the Observation Web with human-centred sensing;and(3)governance,including the establishment of stronger linkages across the European landscape of funding streams and initiatives.The paper is offered also as a contribution to the development of this new vision of DE to be presented at the next International DE Conference in Perth,Australia,in August 2011.The global recognition of this new vision will then reinforce the European component and build a positive feedback loop for the further implementation of DE across the globe.
