The City
University, London
School of
Informatics
invites you
to
A
Leverhulme Lecture
Is Google Earth Digital
Earth?
Leverhulme
Visiting Professor
Dr Keith C Clarke
of the University of
California,
Santa Barbara.
30 November 2006,
18.30
Oliver Thompson Lecture Theatre
Northampton Square
London
EC1V 0HB
Tea and coffee
from 18.00. Wine and refreshments will be served after the
lecture.
Supported by  |
 Dr Clarke, a research cartographer and professor,
is based in the University of California and is one of the world's leading
experts on Geographical Information Systems. He is currently on sabbatical
leave at The City University, supported by a prestigious Leverhulme
Visiting Professorship.
In his book, "Earth in the Balance", former
US Vice President, Al Gore, describes Digital Earth as an ambitious vision
of a digital library that holds massive amounts of easily used historical
and contemporary geographical information. Its users should be able to
zoom around on the earth, select places and retrieve geographical
knowledge at will, and to follow geographically linked ideas.
The
idea dates to 1992 - when the web was in its infancy. Many would now claim
that Google Earth is exactly what Gore proposed. Dr Clarke will explain
why he doesn't agree. He will give a broader history of Google Earth as
"Keyhole" software, explain the alternatives, and suggest what role
geobrowsers will play in the future.
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