A presentation given to the 6^(th) European Congress on Regional Geoscientific Cartography and Information Systems, Munich, June 2009.Tough Questions.Let me give my answer to the second question in the title:yes,but o...A presentation given to the 6^(th) European Congress on Regional Geoscientific Cartography and Information Systems, Munich, June 2009.Tough Questions.Let me give my answer to the second question in the title:yes,but only if we change radically.If the same question was to be put directly to wider society,who’s taxes pay our salaries,and to whom geology and geological maps are at best a(colourful)mystery,I have no doubt they would respond-you’ve been doing this for more than a century,what more is there possibly left that we need to map?展开更多
An introduction to CGI Information in general and digital information in particular, underpins all of the IUGS strategic objectives. CGI is helping to address a growing need to improve the quality and range of both i...An introduction to CGI Information in general and digital information in particular, underpins all of the IUGS strategic objectives. CGI is helping to address a growing need to improve the quality and range of both information content and the applications that are used to acquire, analyse, process and disseminate geoscience data. It will do this by the exchange of knowledge and best practice and the support for standards. CGI is a new （strictly speaking, re-activated） Commission, founded by the lUGS in late 2002 following the demise of an earlier information Commission, COGEOINFO. Early tasks for CGI were to establish its objectives, set up its structure and modus operandi, elect its Council and establish a web presence. The new Commission was formally ratified by the IUGS at the IGC in Florence in 2004 and also held its first full Open Meeting there.展开更多
文摘A presentation given to the 6^(th) European Congress on Regional Geoscientific Cartography and Information Systems, Munich, June 2009.Tough Questions.Let me give my answer to the second question in the title:yes,but only if we change radically.If the same question was to be put directly to wider society,who’s taxes pay our salaries,and to whom geology and geological maps are at best a(colourful)mystery,I have no doubt they would respond-you’ve been doing this for more than a century,what more is there possibly left that we need to map?
文摘An introduction to CGI Information in general and digital information in particular, underpins all of the IUGS strategic objectives. CGI is helping to address a growing need to improve the quality and range of both information content and the applications that are used to acquire, analyse, process and disseminate geoscience data. It will do this by the exchange of knowledge and best practice and the support for standards. CGI is a new （strictly speaking, re-activated） Commission, founded by the lUGS in late 2002 following the demise of an earlier information Commission, COGEOINFO. Early tasks for CGI were to establish its objectives, set up its structure and modus operandi, elect its Council and establish a web presence. The new Commission was formally ratified by the IUGS at the IGC in Florence in 2004 and also held its first full Open Meeting there.
