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APPENDIX E: TABLES OF ANTICIPATED CHANGES
Pages 61-67

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... Analysis, Visualization, and Cognition Technologies Anticipated Change Virtual reality will change way to conceptualize and use spatial data Spatial data as the GUI to all information fundamental Emergence of e-dimensional geotemporal systems (holodeck) New technology will distill information products from data glut Virtual reality interface with GIS Software tools sort and search heterogeneous data for relevant data 61
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From page 62...
... and dissemination of spatial data Spatial data undifferentiated and universally available Major advances in generalization will allow "scaleless" spatial data Adoption of family of standards by users and developers; data and metadata Greater standardization in data categories for collection (standards based on needs of most users) Technology replaces need for single standards Global data infrastructure established with sparse data coverage Information on every illness is geolocated and available to the health industry Time, along with the three spatial dimensions, is routinely encoded Period of revolt against standards before we get it right GPS and georeference of all government and commercial activities New scientific understanding of physical/chemical/biological processes will cause demand for new classes of information All appropriate data will be spatially referenced Internet enables the integration of all data
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From page 63...
... Data Transactions Anticipated Change Customer transactions drive spatial data creation and maintenance (records create maps rather than vice versa) Much spatial data will be collected via transactions Automated data collection in common use/transactions to DBMS Spatial data collection as transaction to DBMS Widespread recurrent, transaction-based satellite data production-high resolution, multispectral Transaction collection dissemination, use Digital property searches/transactions
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From page 64...
... Spatial analysis will have caused dramatic change in all educational endeavors Education is information poor Table ~1. Partnerships Anticipated Change More public-private partnerships based on competitive advantages Data utilities come from public-p ~ mate partnerships without unduly limiting fair usage Increased partnerships (government/university/private)
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... Control of Data Anticipated Change .1 ~ mu_ _ terrorism, industrial espionage, and national security concerns Local governments license their data (becomes proprietary) Access to personal data will be significantly restricted and controlled by the individual ~ ~: ~^~=~ four ~ ~m Du~ ~ ~^~¢ social consequences 1984 finally arrives Collection, dissemination, use is power; closely held and costly Increasing gap between haves and have-nots Global convergence of principles regarding access to government and scientific data i- · _1 1- ~ Case law for privacy/access issues be resolved Debate on privacy vs.
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From page 66...
... Anticipated Change Local collection, dissemination, use supplants federal Government cutbacks will cause agencies to focus on only mission-specific data needs Government data collection approaches zero Census is a headcount only More community involvement in collection/dissemination Government agencies smaller, focus on database standards Local government will be primary collector/disseminator of spatial data Local government predominant source of data; federal and state roles to consolidate umbrella data; hierarchical responsibility Commercial sector(s) will collect everything (detailed geospatial data)
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From page 67...
... and keep it themselves Spatial economies of scale-commercial companies dominate market sectors Communications companies plan a significant role in merchandising spatial data Increased GIS/GPS use will increase dispersion of industry Private industry will produce wide variety of business GIS products Increased privatization of government services; virtual government remains Tremendous expansion of value-added industries More commercialization of"government" data Table 19. Uncategorized .
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Key Terms

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  • government data
  • geospatial data
  • data industry
  • anticipated change

  • detailed geospatial
  • data spatial
  • virtual reality
  • local government
  • caused dramatic

  • accepted business
  • global data
  • government predominant
  • search heterogeneous
  • government services

  • increased metadata
  • greatly distributed
  • time lag
  • collection approaches
  • consumer application

  • navigable databases
  • business gis
  • infrastructure established
  • urban density
  • consolidate umbrella

  • software tools
  • merchandising spatial
  • relevant data
  • data quality
  • global convergence


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