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| Subject: | Re: [gislist] GIS in 20 years: Where is the future taking us |
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06/24/2006 11:00:02 AM |
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Hi Serge,
I have read this in a Spanish list and I think it's interesting:
A system of 3D holographic representation (valid to be used in plenary sun)
:) that could integrate distint types of layers and sources through
automatic transformations (using remote servers)
Cheers,
Luis Gon=E7alves Seco
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-----Mensagem original-----
De: gislist-bounces@lists.geocomm.com
[mailto:gislist-bounces@lists.geocomm.com] Em nome de Serge Bedard
Enviada: sexta-feira, 23 de Junho de 2006 16:07
Para: gislist@lists.geocomm.com
Assunto: [gislist] GIS in 20 years: Where is the future taking us
Good afternoon all,
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I=92m currently preparing a paper on the impact of new technologies on our
field. More specifically, I=92m addressing the consequences of the exponent=
ial
growing rate of processor speed, computer performance, memory capacity, etc.
that Ray Kurzweil is talking about in his last book =93The Singularity is
Near=94.
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Without going as far as him in the future and without addressing the
philosophical debates on human enhancement and this kind of subject, I would
like to give some ideas in my paper about the impact on our GIS field of
coming technologies like the following:
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- The developpement of Robot Drivers for road vehicles as
illustrated by the DARPA challenge. Sebastian Thrun, Director of the
Stanford AI Lab, thinks that by 2010, we'll have reliable urban robot
driving. This, he argues will have huge impact on the way we drive. For
example, a urban highway packet with vehicles at 4pm on a weekday is still
only used at 8% of its capacity. This is because we, as bad human drivers,
need a huge front and rear distance to drive safely. What if much better
computer drivers are doing the job?
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- Another technology that might be coming within the next 20 years
is Personal Nanofactories (see this link for an interesting animation movie
about this: http://www.lizardfire.com/html_nano/themovies.html). This small
device will allow us to build almost anything from raw material. For
example, at the moment, when you are sending a fax, you are not actually
sending the paper but only the information that is on it. In the same way,
with a Personal Nanofactory, we will be able to recreate an iPod that we
ordered on Amazon just by receiving the information from their web site
about the design of it. This is likely to drastically change the transport
industry.
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- Another example can be the miniaturisation of GPS devices. At
the current miniaturisation pace, such a device will so small as to be
imbedded in almost anything in 20 years from now. This means that the
position of nearly anything from your credit card to your car keys (if such
things are still needed then) will be permanently known. We might not lose
anything anymore.
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Now what are the consequences of such technologies in the daily practice
of our jobs in 20 years from now is the subject of my article (I only
mention a couple technologies that are coming to my mind but maybe you can
come up with some more). While this might be a dangerous exercise, I think
it is still worth thinking about such a perspective.
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Any of your ideas will be most welcome even if they=92re crazy of far
fetched.
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Thanks for your input.
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Serge B=E9dard
Project Manager
Hansa Luftbild
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