Geospatial Data Insfrastructures, Cybercartography and Open Data: The Need for Geomaticians

Editor's Notes

• #10: The field of geomatics has for decades concerned 'big data' about people and places, and the monitoring and managing of population, resources and territory. To better carry out this function global, regional, national and sub-national spatial data infrastructures have been built. SDIs are defined as the institutions, policies, technologies, processes and standards that direct the who, how, what and why geospatial data are collected, stored, manipulated, analyzed, transformed and shared. They are also inter-sectoral, cross-domain, inter-departmental, distributed and interoperable authoritative large biopolitical systems.2013 CGDI Image Reference - http://ftp2.cits.rncan.gc.ca/pub/geott/ess_pubs/292/292421/cgdi_ip_30e.pdf2005 CGDI Image Reference – http://ftp2.cits.rncan.gc.ca/pub/geott/ess_pubs/288/288844/cgdi_ip_03_e.pdf2005 CGDI Image Reference – Users - http://ftp2.cits.rncan.gc.ca/pub/geott/ess_pubs/288/288846/cgdi_ip_04_e.pdf2001 CGDI Image Reference - http://ftp2.cits.rncan.gc.ca/pub/geott/ess_pubs/288/288840/cgdi_ip_01_e.pdf1999 CGDI Image Reference – Lauriault MA Thesis 2002A Geospatial Data Infrastructure (GDI) is defined as the relevant base collection of technologies, policies and institutional arrangements that facilitate the availability of and access to spatial data as illustrated in Figure 1.1 (Groot, Richard and McLaughlin., Eds. ,2000). Systems of thoughtMapping, cartography and survey engineering, Natural Resource Management, physical geography, multi-sectoral collaboration.Modes of thinking, philosophies, theories, models, ideologies, rationalities, etc. Forms of knowledgeTechnology Implementation Vision Plan (TVIP), Architecture document, specification documents, ISO Standards, Federal Geomatics Bulletin, Geomatica Journal, Research texts, manuals, magazines, websites, experience, word of mouth, chat forums, etc. FinanceBusiness models, distributed responsibilities, Political economyPolicy, tax regimes, public and political opinion, ethical considerations, etc.Govern-mentalities / LegalitiesISO 19115 Metadata, Open Source, Open Standards, WMS, WFS, Interoperability specifications, OGC Standards, Crown Copyright, File Transfer Protocols, Unrestricted Government Licences, raster and vector data, Data standards, file formats, system requirements, protocols, regulations, laws, licensing, intellectual property regimes, etc.Materialities & infrastructuresGov. building, Serverrooms, Servers, Paper/pens, computers, digital devices, sensors, scanners, databases, networks, servers, etc.PracticesCreate once reuse many times, survey engineering, Geodesy Techniques, ways of doing, learned behaviours, scientific conventions, etc.Organisations & institutionsInter-Agency Canadian Geomatics, Canadian Council on Geomatics, Earth Science Sector, Natural Resources Canada, Dept. Of National Defence, Archives, corporations, consultants, manufacturers, retailers, government agencies, universities, conferences, clubs and societies, committees and boards, communities of practice, etc.Subjectivities & communitiesOf data producers, curators, managers, analysts, scientists, politicians, users, citizens, etc.PlacesLabs, offices, field sites, data centres, server farms, business parks, etc, and their agglomerationsMarketplaceFor data, its derivatives (e.g., text, tables, graphs, maps), analysts, analytic software, interpretations, etc.
• #13: Reference: 2012, Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure Vision, Mission and Roadmap - The Way Forward http://ftp2.cits.rncan.gc.ca/pub/geott/ess_pubs/292/292417/cgdi_ip_28e.pdf
• #14: “The Canadian Geomatics Accord (Accord) provides the framework for intergovernmental collaboration in geomatics. The Canadian Geomatics Accord was first signed in 2001 (the 2001 Accord) for a 5 year period expiring December 31, 2006. A second Accord (the 2007 Accord) was signed in 2007 for a five year period expiring December 31, 2012. This Accord (the 2014 Accord) will be in effect from 2014 to December 31, 2019.”Preamble of 2014 Accord, Via CorrinaVester“geomatics is defined as a modern discipline which integrates the tasks of gathering, storing, processing, modelling, analyzing, and delivering spatially referenced or location information. It encompasses the disciplines of surveying, hydrography, mapping, remote sensing (often called earth observation) and geographic information processing (often called GIS).”
• #16: Natural Resources Canada, The Federal Geospatial Platform,Presentation for Information 29 October, 2013, Via Anne Martin
• #17: Natural Resources Canada, The Federal Geospatial Platform,Presentation for Information 29 October, 2013, Via Anne Martin
• #20: SSHRC Funded
• #21: The core product, the cybercartographic atlas, is envisioned as the culmination of a more holistic approach where both mapping as a process and the atlas as a product are expanded beyond their traditional parameters.
• #31: 20052010
• #33: http://www.ats.aq/documents/keydocs/vol_1/vol1_Volume_1_Complete_Document_e.pdfhttp://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/Agenda21.pdf
• #49: As part of these projects a loose coalition of highly skilled actors have sought to open such geospatial data from state bodies for wider use. Some of these actors have been joined by a nascent open data movement. This is the beginning of the complex unfolding of the geospatial open access to/data movement expressed throughgenealogical analysis which is starting to tracie the open access/data movement in Canada over the past three decades.This type of analysis allows for the unpacking the various overlapping, co-evolving and oppositional data assemblages, in this case showing how different epistemic communities act in the world toward similar goals which are articulated very differently.Missing