Geographic Information Science

Geographic Information Science is the study of the fundamental principles of geographic information and what makes geographic information different from other types of information. It is an interdisciplinary field, composed of researchers from geography, information science, cognitive psychology, mathematics, engineering, surveying, computer science, statistics and philosophy. Its focus is on theoretical advances in the handling, representation and communication of geographic information rather than on individual applications of geographic technologies (e.g., GPS, GIS and Remote Sensing). Within PEMS, our focus is on the representation and communication of geographic information, although several individuals in ITEE and ACME work on problems of data handling. Research in our group includes topics ranging from radar remote sensing of large mining projects in the Asia Pacific Region to evaluating the effects of data quality and error propagation on spatial analysis to understanding perceptual and cognitive factors that influence whether or not map readers see moving clusters in animated maps.

Members of the Geographic Information Science Research Group

Academic Staff:

Dr Amy Griffin (a.griffin@adfa.edu.au) BA (Hons) Macalester College, MSc, PhD Pens, GrCrt UNSW
Prof. Brian Lees (b.lees@adfa.edu.au) BA PhD Syd.
Dr David Paull (d.paull@adfa.edu.au) MA Adel., PhD UNSW
Dr Ingrid Takken (i.takken@adfa.edu.au) PhD K.U. Leuven (Belgium)

Research Students:

Ali Almagbile - Research Topic - Estimation of spatial variation of soil moisture by using applications of remote sensing and GIS models

Bambang Hendro Trisasongko - Research Topic – Earth observation using active sensor

Shibani Mishra - Research Topic – Developing a spatial database and GIS application for natural resource assessment and management for sustainable development in coastal Orissa, India

Bahaa Eldin Aly Abdel Hamid – Research Topic – Spatial dynamics of the equine flu outbreak of 2007

Collaborators:

With Amy Griffin

Assoc. Prof. Hussein Abbass (ITEE, UNSW@ADFA)
Dr A. Banos (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire Image et Ville, Universite Louis-Pasteur)
Dr M. Beaty (CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems)
Prof. M. Bradford (University of Manchester)
T. Bhowmick (GeoVISTA Center, Penn State University)
Dr A. Capon (CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems and University of Sydney)
Dr P. Durr (CSIRO)
Prof. S. Fabrikant (University of Zurich)
Dr B. Hall (HASS, UNSW@ADFA)
Dr F. Hardisty (GeoVISTA Center , Penn State University)
Dr C. Jocoy (California State University-Long Beach)
B. Li (Richmond County Government)
Dr Y. Liu (National Institute of Education, Singapore )
Prof. A. MacEachren (GeoVISTA Center, Penn State University)
Assoc. Prof. R. Scheyvens (Massey University)
E. Steiner (University of Oregon)

Remote Sensing and Environmental Monitoring

Dr G. Banks (UNSW@ADFA, Massey University NZ)
Dr C. Ballard (ANU)
Prof. D. Gillieson (JCU)
S. Mockler

Geographic Information Science and Artificial Intelligence

Dr B. McKay (UNSW@ADFA)
Dr S. Yin (UNSW@ADFA)

Major anthropogenic land cover changes to the Timika region, 1988-2004. Landsat 5 false colour composite display: red channel Band 5 (1.55-1.75 μm), green channel Band 4 (0.76-0.90 μm), blue channel Band 1 (0.45-0.52 μm). From Paull, D., Banks, G., Ballard, C. & Gillieson, D., 2006, Monitoring the environmental impact of mining in remote locations through remotely sensed data, Geocarto International, 21, 33-42.