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| Subject: | Re: [gislist] What is happening to GIS? |
| Date: |
10/01/2005 12:40:02 AM |
| From: |
Gary Hubbs |
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right on !
there's too much emphasis on the technology, and not enough on the data
(sometimes this is not even available or of limited usefullnss!), and on how
GIS can be used as a TOOL to solve real problems.
--- Fiona Gregory <fgregory@sasktel.net> wrote:
> Internet map servers...
>
> ..spatial database engines..
>
> ..object oriented programming..
>
> and all most end users really want to do is map our data. And maybe do a
> little spatial analysis. Like we learned that GIS was supposed to be for, way
> back in our first Intro to GIS class, except we never did get to analysis
> part, because we spend the whole course trying to figure out why the program
> kept hanging. Then when we got menus instead of command lines, we thought the
> age of "GIS for everyone" was dawning. And now...
>
> Am I crazy, or is the GIS world getting way too complex? Deeper and deeper
> into the rarefied domain of the information technologist, and further from
> the grasp of the forester, wildlife biologist, land use planner, who are the
> ones who should be - and want to be- in command of the powers of spatial
> analysis and mapping in support of better environmental management
> strategies.
>
> Are the huge expenditures of time, money, and professional expertise on
> "enterprise GIS" these days really reaching and helping these people, or more
> importantly, are they really the best use of the scarce resources in the
> strained budgets of government agencies, non-profit groups, natural resource
> companies?
>
> I believe in the value of GIS, but I'm not sure I believe in most instances
> of how I see GIS being used, and where the GIS resources are going, in
> organizations that I have observed in my 10 years in the GIS/natural
> resources field.
>
> Have I struck a chord with anyone? Do you agree, or am I wrong, and can you
> explain why?
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