Hello all,

For information - JISC Techwatch who prepare reports on how digital
technologies will affect research have an open call for contributors and
reviewers on a report on 'mash-ups' using geospatial information. Might
be of interest to users and providers of heritage data.

See email below from a British Computer Society email list, referring to
a blog entry with links to the full details.

Best wishes
 
Ed
 
Standards and Guidelines Manager
English Heritage


-----Original Message-----
From: BCS Knowledge, Information and Metadata Management
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Conrad Taylor
Sent: 08 September 2008 13:49
Subject: Techwatch open call for contributors re Geospatial Data

A while back, there was a meeting between some of us BCS types
and the JISC Techwatch team headed by Gaynor Backhouse. The
Techwatch project commissions reports on aspects of new
technology that will affect the university community.

Gaynor's "Notes From the Future" blog has drawn my attention
to an open call that has gone out from JISC Techwatch.  They
are keen to have help in preparing a report on "Data Mash-ups
and the Future of Mapping".

The call is open until the end of October.  Note that authors
do get paid, and the expectation is that the report will be
written in three months.  Maybe some of our geospatialists
would be interested?

Conrad

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 From Gaynor's blog:

In the Web 2.0 report we published last year (What is Web
2.0? Ideas, technologies and implications for education)
we noted the importance of geo-spatial data in the
development of mash-ups and we're now planning to return
to this subject with a new open call.

The growing interest in the use of geospatial and
geographical information in combination with Web-based
information sources and services has been driven, at least
in part, by the emergence of new and low-cost technologies
such as high-spec digital cameras, handheld GPS location
equipment and vehicular SatNav. Alongside this,
increasingly popular Web-based mapping applications and
3-D mapping tools have supported the mash-up approach. On
the social science research side there have been many
developments in graphical visualisation and simulation
using location-based data.

After a number of discussions with experts across the
education sector it is clear that this will be a complex
report to commission but interested parties should have a
look at the full open call, on the TechWatch website.

     (TinyURL link to call: http://tinyurl.com/6kd9f2)
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