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fix topic track #15

Closed mrterry closed 10 years ago

mrterry commented 10 years ago

the topic tracks are from last year. update them. @aterrel what are our tracks this year?

katyhuff commented 10 years ago

The topics this year are "Scientific Computing Education" and GIS... The appropriate formal title of the GIS track isn't abundantly clear to me. I think @sjsrey would know exactly what to call it. "Geographical Information Systems"? "Geospatial Data"? "Geospatial Science"? "Geospatial Data and Science?"

aterrel commented 10 years ago

I vote for Geospatial Data

mandli commented 10 years ago

I second "Geospatial Data in Science", I think leaving it broad like that will encompass a lot more people rather than pegging it to GIS. Myself I would at least look through the talks if the topic was titled "Geospatial Data in Science" where as GIS would probably scare me off a bit.

On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 9:15 AM, Andy R. Terrel notifications@github.comwrote:

I vote for Geospatial Data in Science

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sjsrey commented 10 years ago

All good points thus far. One possible consideration is that GIS could be taken to be "Geographic Information Science" rather than "Geographic Information Systems".

Sergio (Serge) Rey Professor, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning GeoDa Center for Geospatial Analysis and Computation Arizona State University http://geoplan.asu.edu/rey

Editor, International Regional Science Review http://irx.sagepub.com

kthyng commented 10 years ago

I personally would just assume that is what GIS stands for.

On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 3:07 PM, Sergio Rey notifications@github.com wrote:

All good points thus far. One possible consideration is that GIS could be taken to be "Geographic Information Science" rather than "Geographic Information Systems".

Sergio (Serge) Rey Professor, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning GeoDa Center for Geospatial Analysis and Computation Arizona State University http://geoplan.asu.edu/rey

Editor, International Regional Science Review http://irx.sagepub.com

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katyhuff commented 10 years ago

Let's go with "Geographic Information Science" then!

kthyng commented 10 years ago

Oops, sorry, what I meant to imply is that for people who don't do GIS, but do do work involving geographical data and science, anything with "GIS" or G* I* S* will imply something other than just work involving geographical data and science. My understanding is that this is meant to be a superset of these two things (GIS-specifically, and the science-with-geography side), in which case the more general name of Geospatial Data in Science would be better since it doesn't have the GIS-specific connotation.

On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 4:43 PM, Katy Huff notifications@github.com wrote:

Let's go with "Geographic Information Science" then!

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katyhuff commented 10 years ago

Ah, I see. Yes, I misunderstood, thinking you meant the opposite. Geospatial Data in Science, then? :)

kthyng commented 10 years ago

That works for me!

On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 4:51 PM, Katy Huff notifications@github.com wrote:

Ah, I see. Yes, I misunderstood, thinking you meant the opposite. Geospatial Data in Science, then? :)

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