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| Subject: | RE: GISList: NPR, CNN, Iraq & the elusive "GIS" |
| Date: |
04/06/2003 08:10:01 PM |
| From: |
Irving, David |
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When I was a working cartographer (in the Royal Australian Survey Corps) I =
actually spent a fair bit of time in helicopters. It's about the best way t=
here is of quickly field-checking maps of remote areas (and a hell of a lot=
of fun, I have to admit).
David Irving
Technical Systems Analyst
Innovation Team
Santos Ltd
91 King William St
Adelaide SA 5000
Ph : +61 8 8224 7810
Fax: +61 8 8218 5960
email: david.irving@santos.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Gould Carlson [mailto:gould@lsi.uji.es]=20
Sent: Monday, 7 April 2003 00:45
To: Stephen Brown
Cc: 'Anthony Quartararo ': gislist@geocomm.com
Subject: Re: GISList: NPR, CNN, Iraq & the elusive "GIS"
Stephen, I don't see your point regarding serious students. How are they=20
disadvantaged? All TV is sensationalized (ask any cop, who will tell you th=
at=20
most of their shift is paperwork, not chasing bad guys or love affairs with=
an=20
opposite sex partner). If an academic career has a choice to get=20
sensationalzed TV coverage, or not, I would think most all of them would=20
choose yes. Serious students know better, but if a program needs more avera=
ge=20
students to keep alive, then why not accentuate the positive. I know of a=
=20
Geography dept which made a video for high school kids showing researchers=
=20
flying around in helicopters. I do not know any geographer who does that, b=
ut=20
it is certainly possible and therefore not a lie.
Mike Gould
Mensaje citado por Stephen Brown <thequantumfishe@chartermi.net>:
> Hi All. Stephen Brown here. It is certainly exciting when new interest
> is spawned as a result of some kind of publicity. However, I have to
> disregard any information that is "jumped on" by students only because of
> media hype and pop-culture, hollywood-based hullaballoo.
>=20
> Serious students are disadvantaged in this regard as I see it. Informati=
on
> about key technologies shouldn't be clouded or puffed up just because it =
is
> seen on TV.
>=20
> Warm regards,
> Stephen Brown
>=20
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Karen Morley" <kmorley@lizardtech.com>
> To: "'Anthony Quartararo '" <ajq3@spatialnetworks.com>:
> <gislist@geocomm.com>
> Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2003 4:29 PM
> Subject: RE: GISList: NPR, CNN, Iraq & the elusive "GIS"
>=20
>=20
> > I don't usually weigh in on these types of threads but couldn't resist
> this
> > one.
> >
> > A recent big sensation on TV has been the forensic science shows, my
> mother
> > even hangs up on me to go watch CSI (I think that's what it's called). =
At
> > any rate, the shows consistently misrepresent the technology to the pub=
lic
> > but interest increases as a result. I read an article that applications
> to
> > university programs in forensic sciences have gone up 200% as a result.
> >
> > Perhaps even if the technology is misrepresented the industry will see a
> > growth in interest as a result and an opportunity to truly educate peop=
le
> in
> > geospatial sciences.
> >
> > my $0.02...
> >
> > -Karen
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Anthony Quartararo
> > To: gislist@geocomm.com
> > Sent: 4/4/2003 6:26 AM
> > Subject: RE: GISList: NPR, CNN, Iraq & the elusive "GIS"
> >
> > Both good points and well taken. However, when I hear and see what
> > clueless
> > celebrity news anchors say and do while using these very powerful tools
> > of
> > persuasion (I'm not kidding, it's just like Monday Night Football - with
> > the
> > same intellectual capital), the ability to present an incredible array
> > of
> > spatial information to global audiences, all the time, over and over,
> > the
> > impact of a little white "lie" makes "How to Lie with Maps" seem almost
> > quaint and homey. We don't need to worry about official
> > misinformation
> > sanctioned as part of a military strategy, the media has that handled
> > all
> > too well. I'm not expecting the "beautiful people" at CNN to launch
> > into a
> > GIS 101 course each time they ramp up the Teledestructor, but it does
> > bother me that these fools are many people's first real exposure to the
> > power and application of the fruit of our collective efforts.
> >
> > I sometimes explain to people I meet that what I do (and what industry I
> > work in) is to make the guts of "Mapquest.com" for lots of different
> > industries, and they seem to get it right away. This is a 10 second
> > e
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