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Open House / GIS Lectures / GIS @ UM Libraries / GIS Day Sponsors
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- GIS Day Open house:
Join us as we celebrate GIS Day 2005! Find out information on UM Libraries and GIS services. Questions? Contact Kim Ricker, GIS/Data Librarian 301-314-1355 or kmr@umd.edu.
- Location: 4th floor
- Date: Wed, Nov. 16, 2005
- Time: 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
- Participate in the free raffle!
- Map Giveaway!
- GIS Exhibits will be displayed by:
- GIS Day Lecture Series: Special Event!
- Location: McKeldin, 6th Floor Special Events Room 6137
- Time: 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
- Speakers:
- Dr. Naijun Zhou: 11 a.m.
Geospatial Information Services: A New Research and Application Agenda - Dr. Chaoqing Yu: 12 p.m.
Representing Human Elements in GIS.
- Dr. Naijun Zhou: 11 a.m.
The applications of distributed geospatial information have been growing over the past few years. Dr. Zhou will introduce the framework and issues of Geospatial Information Services; discuss the related technologies including data integration, Web Services, Semantic Web, ontology, and multi-agent; and also present some real-world examples.
The current geographic information systems (GIS) are data-centered, and are good at representing �what� and �where� information, but have limited capabilities in dealing with non-observational human knowledge and social elements. This presentation introduces a knowledge-oriented approach to capture and represent diverse kinds of geographic knowledge and integrate that knowledge with spatial database for representing the dynamic drought-related human-environment interactions in Central Pennsylvania.
