National Center for Geographic Information & Analysis

History - Research Initiatives

• Initiative 1
  Accuracy of Spatial Databases (1988-1990)
  Michael Goodchild
• Initiative 2
  Languages of Spatial Relations (1989-1991)
  David Mark
• Initiative 3
  Multiple Representations (1989-1991)
  Barbara Buttenfield
• Initiative 4
  Use & Value of Geographic Information (1989-1992)
  Hugh Calkins & Harlan Onsrud
• Initiative 5
  Large Spatial Databases (1989-1992)
  Terence Smith & Andrew Frank
• Initiative 6
  Spatial Decision Support Systems (1990-1992)
  Michael Goodchild & Paul Densham
• Initiative 7
  Visualization of Spatial Data Quality (1991-1993)
  Kate Beard & Barbara Buttenfield
• Initiative 8
  Formalizing Cartographic Knowledge (1993-)
  Barbara Buttenfield
• Initiative 9
  Institutions Sharing Geographic Information (1992-)
  Harlan Onsrud & Gerard Rushton
• Initiative 10
  Spatio-Temporal Reasinong in GIS (1993-)
  Max Egenhofer & Reginald Golledge
• Initiative 11
  Cancelled
• Initiative 12
  Integration of Remote Sensing & GIS (1990-1993)
  Frank Davis, John Estes & Jeffrey Star
• Initiative 13
  User Interfaces for GIS (1991-1993)
  David Mark & Andrew Frank
• Initiative 14
  GIS & Spatial Analysis (1992-1994)
  Stewart Fotheringham & Peter Rogerson
• Initiative 15
  Multiple Roles for GIS in U.S. Global Change Research (1994-)
  Kate Beard, John Estes, Tim Foresman, Michael Goodchild,
  Jenny Robinson & Kenneth McGwire
• Initiative 16
  Law, Information Policy & Spatial Databases (1994-)
  Harlan Onsrud & Robert Reis
• Initiative 17
  Collaborative Spatial Decision-Making (1994-)
  Paul Densham, Marc Armstrong & Karen Kemp
• Initiative 18
  Changed to a conference
• Initiative 19
  The Social Implications of How People, Space &
  Environment are Represented in GIS (1995-)
  Trevor Harris & Daniel Weiner
• Initiative 20
  Interoperating GIS’s (1996-)
  Max Egenhofer & Michael Goodchild
• Initiative 21
  Formal Models of the Common-Sense Geographic World (1996-)
  David Mark & Max Egenhofer

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