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The mapping sciences, despite numerous attempts to formulate one, still lack a coherent, comprehensive research agenda. Scientists from the multiple disciplines engaged in GIS/GIScience should make a concerted effort to achieve consensus on such an agenda, using the most recent outline proposed by the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS)
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Academic institutions should reconsider their internal organization and reward structures to make them more responsive to emerging specialties like GIS/GIScience, and to reward (or at least not penalize) faculty members who pioneer innovative topics and who engage in collaborative work with government agencies and private firms.
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e. The UCGIS Model Curricula Body of Knowledge1 should be maintained and widely adopted and implemented, since it provides a basis for determining the eligibility of education achievement claims for GIS certification.
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