Michael Frank Goodchild
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Mike Goodchild | |
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 Michael Frank Goodchild in 2017. | |
| Born | February 24, 1944 |
| Education | University of Cambridge McMaster University |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Western Ontario University of California, Santa Barbara University of Washington Arizona State University |
| Thesis | The Generation of Small Scale Relief Features of Eroded Limestone: A Study of Erosional Scallops (1969) |
| Doctoral advisor | Derek C. Ford[1] |
| Doctoral students | Alan Glennon |
Michael Frank Goodchild (born February 24, 1944) is a British-American
UCSB Center for Spatial Studies
.
Education
- Ph.D., Geography, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, 1969 [2]
- B.A., Physics, Downing College, Cambridge, Cambridge, England, 1965 [2]
Scholarship
His most influential work has involved research on
Volunteered Geographic Information
" and is considered the world's foremost expert on the topic.
Caves and karst
As a doctoral student at McMaster University, Goodchild rediscovered Castleguard Cave (20 kilometers long, the longest cave in Canada).[citation needed] His student Alan Glennon discovered an entrance and made significant discoveries to the Martin Ridge Cave System, Kentucky (51.8 kilometers long).[citation needed] Goodchild's dissertation advisor, Derek C. Ford, is a Canadian geomorphologist and karst scientist.
Honors
- Fellow of the British Academy, 2010 – [3]
- Foreign Member of the Royal Society, 2010– [4]
- Researcher of the Year, University Consortium for Geographic Information Science, 2010;[5]
- Prix Vautrin Lud, St Dié-des-Vosges, France, 2007;
- Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2006–;
- Honorary Doctor of Laws, Ryerson University, 2004;
- Honorary Doctor of Science, McMaster University, 2004;
- Professor, Wuhan University, 2003–;
- Faculty Research Lecturer, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2003;
- Founder's Medal, Royal Geographical Society, 2003;
- Educator of the Year, University Consortium for Geographic Information Science, 2002;
- Foreign Fellow, Royal Society of Canada, 2002–;
- Member, National Academy of Sciences, 2002–;
- National Associate of the National Academies, 2001–;
- Lifetime Achievement Award, Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI), 2001;
- Honorary Doctor of Science, Keele University, 2001;
- Award of Distinction for Exceptional Scholarly Contributions to Cartography, Canadian Cartographic Association, 1999;
- Honorary Doctor of Science, Université Laval, 1999.
See also
- Alexander Stewart Fotheringham– British-American geographer
- Arthur Getis – American geographer and spatial statistician
- Concepts and Techniques in Modern Geography – Series of geography publications
- George F. Jenks – American geographer and cartographer
- Michael DeMers – American geographer and fiction writer
- Technical geography – Study of using and creating tools to manage spatial information
- Quantitative geography – Subfield of geographic methods
- Qualitative geography – Subfield of geographic methods
- Waldo Tobler– American geographer
References
- ^ "Michael Frank Goodchild - GIS Wiki | The GIS Encyclopedia". wiki.gis.com. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ^ a b c "Curriculum Vitae". UCSB Department of Geography. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
- ^ "British Academy Fellows, Record for: GOODCHILD, Professor Michael". British Academy. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
- ^ "Foreign Members". Royal Society. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
- ^ "Research Award". UCGIS. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
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