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Four bodies of pertinent readings are identified for the purposes of the Applied Research Seminar, Mining U.S. Federal Agency Materials for GIS Nuggets, 2016 Esri Federal User Conference, February 24-26, Washington, DC First and foremost are the papers prepared for AutoCarto Six Retrospective (section A), which set out many of the concepts, ideas, needs, challenges and opportunities, as well as principles and practices that underlie the evolution of GIS technology and GIScience methodology. The second body of publications is the papers and slide presentations prepared for the Colloquium on Using the Retrospective Approach to Mine for GIS Nuggets (section B1 and section B2, respectively), and the third body (section C) consists of the articles about GIS retrospective project activities published in the International Journal of Geospatial Research (IJAGR). Finally, a preliminary list of publications (section D) from various academic, government, professional organization, and other sources has been compiled to supplement the AutoCarto Six Retrospective papers, and the colloquium productions. More references will be identified in the coming months, and the current reading list dated August 31, 2015 will be amended accordingly. The intention is to suggest readings which could be instructive for a wide range of attendees. Our approach at this stage in view of resource constraints, as well as uncertainty about the backgrounds of seminar attendees, is to be indicative and illustrative rather than comprehensive and directive. ]]>
Four bodies of pertinent readings are identified for the purposes of the Applied Research Seminar, Mining U.S. Federal Agency Materials for GIS Nuggets, 2016 Esri Federal User Conference, February 24-26, Washington, DC First and foremost are the papers prepared for AutoCarto Six Retrospective (section A), which set out many of the concepts, ideas, needs, challenges and opportunities, as well as principles and practices that underlie the evolution of GIS technology and GIScience methodology. The second body of publications is the papers and slide presentations prepared for the Colloquium on Using the Retrospective Approach to Mine for GIS Nuggets (section B1 and section B2, respectively), and the third body (section C) consists of the articles about GIS retrospective project activities published in the International Journal of Geospatial Research (IJAGR). Finally, a preliminary list of publications (section D) from various academic, government, professional organization, and other sources has been compiled to supplement the AutoCarto Six Retrospective papers, and the colloquium productions. More references will be identified in the coming months, and the current reading list dated August 31, 2015 will be amended accordingly. The intention is to suggest readings which could be instructive for a wide range of attendees. Our approach at this stage in view of resource constraints, as well as uncertainty about the backgrounds of seminar attendees, is to be indicative and illustrative rather than comprehensive and directive. ]]> Sun, 13 Sep 2015 19:42:08 GMT /slideshow/reading-list-using-a-retrospective-approach-to-mine-the-literature-for-gis-and-giscience-nuggets/52729518 wellarb@slideshare.net(wellarb) READING LIST: USING A RETROSPECTIVE APPROACH TO MINE THE LITERATURE FOR GIS AND GISCIENCE NUGGETS. wellarb Four bodies of pertinent readings are identified for the purposes of the Applied Research Seminar, Mining U.S. Federal Agency Materials for GIS Nuggets, 2016 Esri Federal User Conference, February 24-26, Washington, DC First and foremost are the papers prepared for AutoCarto Six Retrospective (section A), which set out many of the concepts, ideas, needs, challenges and opportunities, as well as principles and practices that underlie the evolution of GIS technology and GIScience methodology. The second body of publications is the papers and slide presentations prepared for the Colloquium on Using the Retrospective Approach to Mine for GIS Nuggets (section B1 and section B2, respectively), and the third body (section C) consists of the articles about GIS retrospective project activities published in the International Journal of Geospatial Research (IJAGR). Finally, a preliminary list of publications (section D) from various academic, government, professional organization, and other sources has been compiled to supplement the AutoCarto Six Retrospective papers, and the colloquium productions. More references will be identified in the coming months, and the current reading list dated August 31, 2015 will be amended accordingly. The intention is to suggest readings which could be instructive for a wide range of attendees. Our approach at this stage in view of resource constraints, as well as uncertainty about the backgrounds of seminar attendees, is to be indicative and illustrative rather than comprehensive and directive. <img style="border:1px solid #C3E6D8;float:right;" alt="" src="https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ss_thumbnails/seminarreadinglist-150913194208-lva1-app6892-thumbnail.jpg?width=120&amp;height=120&amp;fit=bounds" /><br> Four bodies of pertinent readings are identified for the purposes of the Applied Research Seminar, Mining U.S. Federal Agency Materials for GIS Nuggets, 2016 Esri Federal User Conference, February 24-26, Washington, DC First and foremost are the papers prepared for AutoCarto Six Retrospective (section A), which set out many of the concepts, ideas, needs, challenges and opportunities, as well as principles and practices that underlie the evolution of GIS technology and GIScience methodology. The second body of publications is the papers and slide presentations prepared for the Colloquium on Using the Retrospective Approach to Mine for GIS Nuggets (section B1 and section B2, respectively), and the third body (section C) consists of the articles about GIS retrospective project activities published in the International Journal of Geospatial Research (IJAGR). Finally, a preliminary list of publications (section D) from various academic, government, professional organization, and other sources has been compiled to supplement the AutoCarto Six Retrospective papers, and the colloquium productions. More references will be identified in the coming months, and the current reading list dated August 31, 2015 will be amended accordingly. The intention is to suggest readings which could be instructive for a wide range of attendees. Our approach at this stage in view of resource constraints, as well as uncertainty about the backgrounds of seminar attendees, is to be indicative and illustrative rather than comprehensive and directive.
READING LIST: USING A RETROSPECTIVE APPROACH TO MINE THE LITERATURE FOR GIS AND GISCIENCE NUGGETS. from Barry Wellar
]]> 648 12 https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ss_thumbnails/seminarreadinglist-150913194208-lva1-app6892-thumbnail.jpg?width=120&height=120&fit=bounds document Black http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posted 0 80+ HOCKEY HALL of FAME/TEMPLE de la RENOMME du HOCKEY 80+ PRESENTED TO ROTARY CLUB OF WEST OTTAWA, JUNE 16, 2015 /slideshow/80-hockey-hall-of-fametemple-de-la-renomme-du-hockey-80-presented-to-rotary-club-of-west-ottawa-june-16-2015/50019396 hockey-80-rotary-new-150630190137-lva1-app6892
80+ HOCKEY HALL of FAME/TEMPLE de la RENOMME du HOCKEY 80+ PRESENTED TO ROTARY CLUB OF WEST OTTAWA, JUNE 16, 2015 BARRY WELLAR, BOARD OF DIRECTORS 80+ HOCKEY HALL of FAME/TEMPLE de la RENOMME du HOCKEY 80+ wellarb@uottawa.ca]]>
80+ HOCKEY HALL of FAME/TEMPLE de la RENOMME du HOCKEY 80+ PRESENTED TO ROTARY CLUB OF WEST OTTAWA, JUNE 16, 2015 BARRY WELLAR, BOARD OF DIRECTORS 80+ HOCKEY HALL of FAME/TEMPLE de la RENOMME du HOCKEY 80+ wellarb@uottawa.ca]]> Tue, 30 Jun 2015 19:01:37 GMT /slideshow/80-hockey-hall-of-fametemple-de-la-renomme-du-hockey-80-presented-to-rotary-club-of-west-ottawa-june-16-2015/50019396 wellarb@slideshare.net(wellarb) 80+ HOCKEY HALL of FAME/TEMPLE de la RENOMME du HOCKEY 80+ PRESENTED TO ROTARY CLUB OF WEST OTTAWA, JUNE 16, 2015 wellarb 80+ HOCKEY HALL of FAME/TEMPLE de la RENOMME du HOCKEY 80+ PRESENTED TO ROTARY CLUB OF WEST OTTAWA, JUNE 16, 2015 BARRY WELLAR, BOARD OF DIRECTORS 80+ HOCKEY HALL of FAME/TEMPLE de la RENOMME du HOCKEY 80+ wellarb@uottawa.ca <img style="border:1px solid #C3E6D8;float:right;" alt="" src="https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ss_thumbnails/hockey-80-rotary-new-150630190137-lva1-app6892-thumbnail.jpg?width=120&amp;height=120&amp;fit=bounds" /><br> 80+ HOCKEY HALL of FAME/TEMPLE de la RENOMME du HOCKEY 80+ PRESENTED TO ROTARY CLUB OF WEST OTTAWA, JUNE 16, 2015 BARRY WELLAR, BOARD OF DIRECTORS 80+ HOCKEY HALL of FAME/TEMPLE de la RENOMME du HOCKEY 80+ wellarb@uottawa.ca
80+ HOCKEY HALL of FAME/TEMPLE de la RENOMM du HOCKEY 80+ PRESENTED TO ROTARY CLUB OF WEST OTTAWA, JUNE 16, 2015 from Barry Wellar
]]> 1615 6 https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ss_thumbnails/hockey-80-rotary-new-150630190137-lva1-app6892-thumbnail.jpg?width=120&height=120&fit=bounds presentation Black http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posted 0 Speed Limits and Road Safety: Examples of Questions to Ask to Ensure the Safety of Pedestrians /slideshow/naqvi-2015-summit-wellar-speed-limits-and-road-safety-pdf/48338970 naqvi2015summitwellarspeedlimitsandroadsafetypdf-150519144218-lva1-app6892
The topic of speed limits and road safety has been around since the advent of the automobile and the topic still brings heated debate, usually along the lines of increasing speed limits to accommodate private motor vehicle operators. In these remarks for a panel discussion at the Ottawa Centre Community Summit on Speed Limits and Road Safety, I present a total of 20 questions which I believe provide a considerable amount of thought for citizens, community associations, advocacy groups, public interest groups, elected and appointed government officials, lawyers, academics, and others who seek actionable suggestions on how to ensure that whatever decisions are made about speed limits and road safety, those decisions have all due regard for the safety of pedestrians, and especially children, persons with disabilities, and seniors, who are among the most vulnerable of road users.]]>
The topic of speed limits and road safety has been around since the advent of the automobile and the topic still brings heated debate, usually along the lines of increasing speed limits to accommodate private motor vehicle operators. In these remarks for a panel discussion at the Ottawa Centre Community Summit on Speed Limits and Road Safety, I present a total of 20 questions which I believe provide a considerable amount of thought for citizens, community associations, advocacy groups, public interest groups, elected and appointed government officials, lawyers, academics, and others who seek actionable suggestions on how to ensure that whatever decisions are made about speed limits and road safety, those decisions have all due regard for the safety of pedestrians, and especially children, persons with disabilities, and seniors, who are among the most vulnerable of road users.]]> Tue, 19 May 2015 14:42:17 GMT /slideshow/naqvi-2015-summit-wellar-speed-limits-and-road-safety-pdf/48338970 wellarb@slideshare.net(wellarb) Speed Limits and Road Safety: Examples of Questions to Ask to Ensure the Safety of Pedestrians wellarb The topic of speed limits and road safety has been around since the advent of the automobile and the topic still brings heated debate, usually along the lines of increasing speed limits to accommodate private motor vehicle operators. In these remarks for a panel discussion at the Ottawa Centre Community Summit on Speed Limits and Road Safety, I present a total of 20 questions which I believe provide a considerable amount of thought for citizens, community associations, advocacy groups, public interest groups, elected and appointed government officials, lawyers, academics, and others who seek actionable suggestions on how to ensure that whatever decisions are made about speed limits and road safety, those decisions have all due regard for the safety of pedestrians, and especially children, persons with disabilities, and seniors, who are among the most vulnerable of road users. <img style="border:1px solid #C3E6D8;float:right;" alt="" src="https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ss_thumbnails/naqvi2015summitwellarspeedlimitsandroadsafetypdf-150519144218-lva1-app6892-thumbnail.jpg?width=120&amp;height=120&amp;fit=bounds" /><br> The topic of speed limits and road safety has been around since the advent of the automobile and the topic still brings heated debate, usually along the lines of increasing speed limits to accommodate private motor vehicle operators. In these remarks for a panel discussion at the Ottawa Centre Community Summit on Speed Limits and Road Safety, I present a total of 20 questions which I believe provide a considerable amount of thought for citizens, community associations, advocacy groups, public interest groups, elected and appointed government officials, lawyers, academics, and others who seek actionable suggestions on how to ensure that whatever decisions are made about speed limits and road safety, those decisions have all due regard for the safety of pedestrians, and especially children, persons with disabilities, and seniors, who are among the most vulnerable of road users.
Speed Limits and Road Safety: Examples of Questions to Ask to Ensure the Safety of Pedestrians from Barry Wellar
]]> 770 9 https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ss_thumbnails/naqvi2015summitwellarspeedlimitsandroadsafetypdf-150519144218-lva1-app6892-thumbnail.jpg?width=120&height=120&fit=bounds presentation Black http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posted 0 Walking Security Index Pilot Study /slideshow/walking-security-index-pilot-study/42064723 walkingsecurityindexpilotstudy-141126143456-conversion-gate01
The Walking Security Index (WSI) project was approved in 1994 as an element of the Transportation Environment Action Plan (TEAP) of the Region of Ottawa-Carleton (changed to City of Ottawa in 2000) and the Walking Security Index (Final Report) was published in 1998. The Walking Security Index Pilot Study project was launched in 2000 and completed in 2002 One of the goals of TEAP was to encourage more trips by walking, and the primary mission of the WSI project was to design indexes which measure the levels of safety, comfort and convenience expected and experienced by pedestrians at intersections. The thesis of the WSI research was that indexes could be designed that provide scores on the performance of intersections from the perspective of safety, comfort, and convenience of pedestrians, and the scores could be arranged in rank order. Then, for public safety, quality of life, engineering, traffic, enforcement, maintenance, modification, health, or other purposes, the scores could be used to identify needed corrective actions at intersections rated from best to worst, o]]>
The Walking Security Index (WSI) project was approved in 1994 as an element of the Transportation Environment Action Plan (TEAP) of the Region of Ottawa-Carleton (changed to City of Ottawa in 2000) and the Walking Security Index (Final Report) was published in 1998. The Walking Security Index Pilot Study project was launched in 2000 and completed in 2002 One of the goals of TEAP was to encourage more trips by walking, and the primary mission of the WSI project was to design indexes which measure the levels of safety, comfort and convenience expected and experienced by pedestrians at intersections. The thesis of the WSI research was that indexes could be designed that provide scores on the performance of intersections from the perspective of safety, comfort, and convenience of pedestrians, and the scores could be arranged in rank order. Then, for public safety, quality of life, engineering, traffic, enforcement, maintenance, modification, health, or other purposes, the scores could be used to identify needed corrective actions at intersections rated from best to worst, o]]> Wed, 26 Nov 2014 14:34:56 GMT /slideshow/walking-security-index-pilot-study/42064723 wellarb@slideshare.net(wellarb) Walking Security Index Pilot Study wellarb The Walking Security Index (WSI) project was approved in 1994 as an element of the Transportation Environment Action Plan (TEAP) of the Region of Ottawa-Carleton (changed to City of Ottawa in 2000) and the Walking Security Index (Final Report) was published in 1998. The Walking Security Index Pilot Study project was launched in 2000 and completed in 2002 One of the goals of TEAP was to encourage more trips by walking, and the primary mission of the WSI project was to design indexes which measure the levels of safety, comfort and convenience expected and experienced by pedestrians at intersections. The thesis of the WSI research was that indexes could be designed that provide scores on the performance of intersections from the perspective of safety, comfort, and convenience of pedestrians, and the scores could be arranged in rank order. Then, for public safety, quality of life, engineering, traffic, enforcement, maintenance, modification, health, or other purposes, the scores could be used to identify needed corrective actions at intersections rated from best to worst, o <img style="border:1px solid #C3E6D8;float:right;" alt="" src="https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ss_thumbnails/walkingsecurityindexpilotstudy-141126143456-conversion-gate01-thumbnail.jpg?width=120&amp;height=120&amp;fit=bounds" /><br> The Walking Security Index (WSI) project was approved in 1994 as an element of the Transportation Environment Action Plan (TEAP) of the Region of Ottawa-Carleton (changed to City of Ottawa in 2000) and the Walking Security Index (Final Report) was published in 1998. The Walking Security Index Pilot Study project was launched in 2000 and completed in 2002 One of the goals of TEAP was to encourage more trips by walking, and the primary mission of the WSI project was to design indexes which measure the levels of safety, comfort and convenience expected and experienced by pedestrians at intersections. The thesis of the WSI research was that indexes could be designed that provide scores on the performance of intersections from the perspective of safety, comfort, and convenience of pedestrians, and the scores could be arranged in rank order. Then, for public safety, quality of life, engineering, traffic, enforcement, maintenance, modification, health, or other purposes, the scores could be used to identify needed corrective actions at intersections rated from best to worst, o
Walking Security Index Pilot Study from Barry Wellar
]]> 604 4 https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ss_thumbnails/walkingsecurityindexpilotstudy-141126143456-conversion-gate01-thumbnail.jpg?width=120&height=120&fit=bounds document Black http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posted 0 GIS: Bringing Geography to the World & the World to Geography; 際際滷 Presentation /slideshow/gis-day2014slides-final/42064206 gisday2014slidesfinal-141126142303-conversion-gate01
The slide presentation for GIS: Bringing Geography to the World & the World to Geography, demonstrates the theme that GIS Day is a special occasion, whereby we express what we are thinking and doing in our GIS research, education, training, and applications activities. And, it is also is a time to set forth what we wish others would think about and do, such as providing answers to the question: What contribution is Geography making to support and encourage the development and use of GIS technology and GIScience methods, techniques, and operations by governments, NGOs, business, researchers, academe, the media, and interest groups? The impending Research Colloquium on Using the Retrospective Approach to Mine for GIS Nuggets is one such contribution by Geography to GIS. This GIS Day 2014 presentation includes a selection of figures and tables from several Colloquium papers which illustrate how Geography can contribute to both parts of the title, that is, GIS: Bringing Geography to the World and, GIS: Bringing the World to Geography.]]>
The slide presentation for GIS: Bringing Geography to the World & the World to Geography, demonstrates the theme that GIS Day is a special occasion, whereby we express what we are thinking and doing in our GIS research, education, training, and applications activities. And, it is also is a time to set forth what we wish others would think about and do, such as providing answers to the question: What contribution is Geography making to support and encourage the development and use of GIS technology and GIScience methods, techniques, and operations by governments, NGOs, business, researchers, academe, the media, and interest groups? The impending Research Colloquium on Using the Retrospective Approach to Mine for GIS Nuggets is one such contribution by Geography to GIS. This GIS Day 2014 presentation includes a selection of figures and tables from several Colloquium papers which illustrate how Geography can contribute to both parts of the title, that is, GIS: Bringing Geography to the World and, GIS: Bringing the World to Geography.]]> Wed, 26 Nov 2014 14:23:03 GMT /slideshow/gis-day2014slides-final/42064206 wellarb@slideshare.net(wellarb) GIS: Bringing Geography to the World & the World to Geography; 際際滷 Presentation wellarb The slide presentation for GIS: Bringing Geography to the World & the World to Geography, demonstrates the theme that GIS Day is a special occasion, whereby we express what we are thinking and doing in our GIS research, education, training, and applications activities. And, it is also is a time to set forth what we wish others would think about and do, such as providing answers to the question: What contribution is Geography making to support and encourage the development and use of GIS technology and GIScience methods, techniques, and operations by governments, NGOs, business, researchers, academe, the media, and interest groups? The impending Research Colloquium on Using the Retrospective Approach to Mine for GIS Nuggets is one such contribution by Geography to GIS. This GIS Day 2014 presentation includes a selection of figures and tables from several Colloquium papers which illustrate how Geography can contribute to both parts of the title, that is, GIS: Bringing Geography to the World and, GIS: Bringing the World to Geography. <img style="border:1px solid #C3E6D8;float:right;" alt="" src="https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ss_thumbnails/gisday2014slidesfinal-141126142303-conversion-gate01-thumbnail.jpg?width=120&amp;height=120&amp;fit=bounds" /><br> The slide presentation for GIS: Bringing Geography to the World &amp; the World to Geography, demonstrates the theme that GIS Day is a special occasion, whereby we express what we are thinking and doing in our GIS research, education, training, and applications activities. And, it is also is a time to set forth what we wish others would think about and do, such as providing answers to the question: What contribution is Geography making to support and encourage the development and use of GIS technology and GIScience methods, techniques, and operations by governments, NGOs, business, researchers, academe, the media, and interest groups? The impending Research Colloquium on Using the Retrospective Approach to Mine for GIS Nuggets is one such contribution by Geography to GIS. This GIS Day 2014 presentation includes a selection of figures and tables from several Colloquium papers which illustrate how Geography can contribute to both parts of the title, that is, GIS: Bringing Geography to the World and, GIS: Bringing the World to Geography.
GIS: Bringing Geography to the World & the World to Geography; 際際滷 Presentation from Barry Wellar
]]> 568 4 https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ss_thumbnails/gisday2014slidesfinal-141126142303-conversion-gate01-thumbnail.jpg?width=120&height=120&fit=bounds presentation 000000 http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posted 0 Searching for GIS Nuggets: Mining Annual Reports by Canadas Commissioner of Environment and Sustainable Development /wellarb/esri-gis-retro-colloq-cesd-paper-final esrigisretrocolloqcesdpaperfinal-141125182434-conversion-gate02
The 2015 Retrospective Research Colloquium is designed in conjunction with plans for the follow-on 2016 Conference on Using the Retrospective Approach to Mine for GIS Nuggets. The focus of the Research Colloquium is on presentations which discuss why and how different kinds of literature and other sources could be mined for GIS nuggets serving one or more of the following missions: M1. Designing and developing geographic information systems technology; M2. Defining and elaborating geographic information science; and, M3. Using geographic information systems technology and/or geographic information science The Commissioner of Environment and Sustainable Development (CESD) is a Government of Canada oversight agency. CESD reviews and evaluates federal department and agency progress in developing and implementing strategies to serve and promote sustainable development (which applies to both the built and the natural environments); and, CESD also oversees the environmental petitions process involving citizens. This paper discusses CESDs mandate, its annual Reports to Parliament, and the focus of the Reports on the importance of information which is to be collected and processed by federal departments and agencies, and then used to monitor and analyze environmental and sustainable situations and processes, as well as to direct and support policy, program, and strategy decisions, and to communicate with citizens on environmental and sustainable development challenges, opportunities, issues, options, and initiatives. The paper concludes that CESD Reports to Parliament are an important body of literature to be mined for GIS nuggets.]]>
The 2015 Retrospective Research Colloquium is designed in conjunction with plans for the follow-on 2016 Conference on Using the Retrospective Approach to Mine for GIS Nuggets. The focus of the Research Colloquium is on presentations which discuss why and how different kinds of literature and other sources could be mined for GIS nuggets serving one or more of the following missions: M1. Designing and developing geographic information systems technology; M2. Defining and elaborating geographic information science; and, M3. Using geographic information systems technology and/or geographic information science The Commissioner of Environment and Sustainable Development (CESD) is a Government of Canada oversight agency. CESD reviews and evaluates federal department and agency progress in developing and implementing strategies to serve and promote sustainable development (which applies to both the built and the natural environments); and, CESD also oversees the environmental petitions process involving citizens. This paper discusses CESDs mandate, its annual Reports to Parliament, and the focus of the Reports on the importance of information which is to be collected and processed by federal departments and agencies, and then used to monitor and analyze environmental and sustainable situations and processes, as well as to direct and support policy, program, and strategy decisions, and to communicate with citizens on environmental and sustainable development challenges, opportunities, issues, options, and initiatives. The paper concludes that CESD Reports to Parliament are an important body of literature to be mined for GIS nuggets.]]> Tue, 25 Nov 2014 18:24:33 GMT /wellarb/esri-gis-retro-colloq-cesd-paper-final wellarb@slideshare.net(wellarb) Searching for GIS Nuggets: Mining Annual Reports by Canadas Commissioner of Environment and Sustainable Development wellarb The 2015 Retrospective Research Colloquium is designed in conjunction with plans for the follow-on 2016 Conference on Using the Retrospective Approach to Mine for GIS Nuggets. The focus of the Research Colloquium is on presentations which discuss why and how different kinds of literature and other sources could be mined for GIS nuggets serving one or more of the following missions: M1. Designing and developing geographic information systems technology; M2. Defining and elaborating geographic information science; and, M3. Using geographic information systems technology and/or geographic information science The Commissioner of Environment and Sustainable Development (CESD) is a Government of Canada oversight agency. CESD reviews and evaluates federal department and agency progress in developing and implementing strategies to serve and promote sustainable development (which applies to both the built and the natural environments); and, CESD also oversees the environmental petitions process involving citizens. This paper discusses CESDs mandate, its annual Reports to Parliament, and the focus of the Reports on the importance of information which is to be collected and processed by federal departments and agencies, and then used to monitor and analyze environmental and sustainable situations and processes, as well as to direct and support policy, program, and strategy decisions, and to communicate with citizens on environmental and sustainable development challenges, opportunities, issues, options, and initiatives. The paper concludes that CESD Reports to Parliament are an important body of literature to be mined for GIS nuggets. <img style="border:1px solid #C3E6D8;float:right;" alt="" src="https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ss_thumbnails/esrigisretrocolloqcesdpaperfinal-141125182434-conversion-gate02-thumbnail.jpg?width=120&amp;height=120&amp;fit=bounds" /><br> The 2015 Retrospective Research Colloquium is designed in conjunction with plans for the follow-on 2016 Conference on Using the Retrospective Approach to Mine for GIS Nuggets. The focus of the Research Colloquium is on presentations which discuss why and how different kinds of literature and other sources could be mined for GIS nuggets serving one or more of the following missions: M1. Designing and developing geographic information systems technology; M2. Defining and elaborating geographic information science; and, M3. Using geographic information systems technology and/or geographic information science The Commissioner of Environment and Sustainable Development (CESD) is a Government of Canada oversight agency. CESD reviews and evaluates federal department and agency progress in developing and implementing strategies to serve and promote sustainable development (which applies to both the built and the natural environments); and, CESD also oversees the environmental petitions process involving citizens. This paper discusses CESDs mandate, its annual Reports to Parliament, and the focus of the Reports on the importance of information which is to be collected and processed by federal departments and agencies, and then used to monitor and analyze environmental and sustainable situations and processes, as well as to direct and support policy, program, and strategy decisions, and to communicate with citizens on environmental and sustainable development challenges, opportunities, issues, options, and initiatives. The paper concludes that CESD Reports to Parliament are an important body of literature to be mined for GIS nuggets.
Searching for GIS Nuggets: Mining Annual Reports by Canadas Commissioner of Environment and Sustainable Development from Barry Wellar
]]> 691 4 https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ss_thumbnails/esrigisretrocolloqcesdpaperfinal-141125182434-conversion-gate02-thumbnail.jpg?width=120&height=120&fit=bounds document Black http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posted 0 Abuse v. Care of Land, Water, and Air, 1990-2015: The Doomsday Map Concept as a Compelling Argument to Retrospectively Mine the Popular Literature for GIS Nuggets /slideshow/esri-gis-retro-colloq-paper-ddm-final/42024244 esri-gisretrocolloqpaperddmfinal-141125181648-conversion-gate02
The 2015 Retrospective Research Colloquium is designed in conjunction with plans for the follow-on 2016 Conference on Using the Retrospective Approach to Mine for GIS Nuggets. The focus of the Research Colloquium is on presentations which discuss why and how different kinds of literature and other sources could be mined for GIS nuggets serving one or more of the following missions: M1. Designing and developing geographic information systems technology; M2. Defining and elaborating geographic information science; and, M3. Using geographic information systems technology and/or geographic information science. This paper encourages and supports mining the popular literature newspapers, magazines, television, radio, and all other forms of media for GIS nuggets, that is, GIS findings which serve three related functions: designing and developing geographic information systems technology; defining and elaborating geographic information science; and, using geographic information systems technology and geographic information science. Organized around the concepts of the Doomsday Map and the Stewardship Map, media articles on the abuse versus care of land, water, and air resources over the 25 years between 1990 and 2015 provide the basis for questions to guide retrospectively mining for GIS nuggets: Who caused the change from abuse to care to occur, or not? What caused the change from abuse to care to occur, or not? Why did the change from abuse to care occur, or not? When did the change from abuse to care occur, or not? Where did the change occur, or not? How did the change occur, or not? And, for each of those questions, Was GIS a factor? Media reports confirm that it is critically important to retrospectively mine this body of literature for GIS nuggets, and provide suggestions about how the mining process could be designed.]]>
The 2015 Retrospective Research Colloquium is designed in conjunction with plans for the follow-on 2016 Conference on Using the Retrospective Approach to Mine for GIS Nuggets. The focus of the Research Colloquium is on presentations which discuss why and how different kinds of literature and other sources could be mined for GIS nuggets serving one or more of the following missions: M1. Designing and developing geographic information systems technology; M2. Defining and elaborating geographic information science; and, M3. Using geographic information systems technology and/or geographic information science. This paper encourages and supports mining the popular literature newspapers, magazines, television, radio, and all other forms of media for GIS nuggets, that is, GIS findings which serve three related functions: designing and developing geographic information systems technology; defining and elaborating geographic information science; and, using geographic information systems technology and geographic information science. Organized around the concepts of the Doomsday Map and the Stewardship Map, media articles on the abuse versus care of land, water, and air resources over the 25 years between 1990 and 2015 provide the basis for questions to guide retrospectively mining for GIS nuggets: Who caused the change from abuse to care to occur, or not? What caused the change from abuse to care to occur, or not? Why did the change from abuse to care occur, or not? When did the change from abuse to care occur, or not? Where did the change occur, or not? How did the change occur, or not? And, for each of those questions, Was GIS a factor? Media reports confirm that it is critically important to retrospectively mine this body of literature for GIS nuggets, and provide suggestions about how the mining process could be designed.]]> Tue, 25 Nov 2014 18:16:48 GMT /slideshow/esri-gis-retro-colloq-paper-ddm-final/42024244 wellarb@slideshare.net(wellarb) Abuse v. Care of Land, Water, and Air, 1990-2015: The Doomsday Map Concept as a Compelling Argument to Retrospectively Mine the Popular Literature for GIS Nuggets wellarb The 2015 Retrospective Research Colloquium is designed in conjunction with plans for the follow-on 2016 Conference on Using the Retrospective Approach to Mine for GIS Nuggets. The focus of the Research Colloquium is on presentations which discuss why and how different kinds of literature and other sources could be mined for GIS nuggets serving one or more of the following missions: M1. Designing and developing geographic information systems technology; M2. Defining and elaborating geographic information science; and, M3. Using geographic information systems technology and/or geographic information science. This paper encourages and supports mining the popular literature newspapers, magazines, television, radio, and all other forms of media for GIS nuggets, that is, GIS findings which serve three related functions: designing and developing geographic information systems technology; defining and elaborating geographic information science; and, using geographic information systems technology and geographic information science. Organized around the concepts of the Doomsday Map and the Stewardship Map, media articles on the abuse versus care of land, water, and air resources over the 25 years between 1990 and 2015 provide the basis for questions to guide retrospectively mining for GIS nuggets: Who caused the change from abuse to care to occur, or not? What caused the change from abuse to care to occur, or not? Why did the change from abuse to care occur, or not? When did the change from abuse to care occur, or not? Where did the change occur, or not? How did the change occur, or not? And, for each of those questions, Was GIS a factor? Media reports confirm that it is critically important to retrospectively mine this body of literature for GIS nuggets, and provide suggestions about how the mining process could be designed. <img style="border:1px solid #C3E6D8;float:right;" alt="" src="https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ss_thumbnails/esri-gisretrocolloqpaperddmfinal-141125181648-conversion-gate02-thumbnail.jpg?width=120&amp;height=120&amp;fit=bounds" /><br> The 2015 Retrospective Research Colloquium is designed in conjunction with plans for the follow-on 2016 Conference on Using the Retrospective Approach to Mine for GIS Nuggets. The focus of the Research Colloquium is on presentations which discuss why and how different kinds of literature and other sources could be mined for GIS nuggets serving one or more of the following missions: M1. Designing and developing geographic information systems technology; M2. Defining and elaborating geographic information science; and, M3. Using geographic information systems technology and/or geographic information science. This paper encourages and supports mining the popular literature newspapers, magazines, television, radio, and all other forms of media for GIS nuggets, that is, GIS findings which serve three related functions: designing and developing geographic information systems technology; defining and elaborating geographic information science; and, using geographic information systems technology and geographic information science. Organized around the concepts of the Doomsday Map and the Stewardship Map, media articles on the abuse versus care of land, water, and air resources over the 25 years between 1990 and 2015 provide the basis for questions to guide retrospectively mining for GIS nuggets: Who caused the change from abuse to care to occur, or not? What caused the change from abuse to care to occur, or not? Why did the change from abuse to care occur, or not? When did the change from abuse to care occur, or not? Where did the change occur, or not? How did the change occur, or not? And, for each of those questions, Was GIS a factor? Media reports confirm that it is critically important to retrospectively mine this body of literature for GIS nuggets, and provide suggestions about how the mining process could be designed.
Abuse v. Care of Land, Water, and Air, 1990-2015: The Doomsday Map Concept as a Compelling Argument to Retrospectively Mine the Popular Literature for GIS Nuggets from Barry Wellar
]]> 913 7 https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ss_thumbnails/esri-gisretrocolloqpaperddmfinal-141125181648-conversion-gate02-thumbnail.jpg?width=120&height=120&fit=bounds document 000000 http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posted 0 GIS: Bringing Geography to the World & the World to Geography /slideshow/gis-day-2014-final/41602035 gisday2014final-141115155420-conversion-gate02
GIS Day is a special occasion, whereby we express what we are thinking and doing in our GIS research, education, training, and applications activities. And, it is also is a time to set forth what we wish others would think about and do, such as providing answers to the question: What contribution is Geography making to support and encourage the development and use of GIS technology and GIScience methods, techniques, and operations by governments, NGOs, business, researchers, academe, the media, and interest groups? The impending Research Colloquium on Using the Retrospective Approach to Mine for GIS Nuggets is one such contribution by Geography to GIS. This GIS Day 2014 presentation includes a selection of figures and tables from several Colloquium papers which illustrate how Geography can contribute to both parts of the title, that is, GIS: Bringing Geography to the World and, GIS: Bringing the World to Geography.]]>
GIS Day is a special occasion, whereby we express what we are thinking and doing in our GIS research, education, training, and applications activities. And, it is also is a time to set forth what we wish others would think about and do, such as providing answers to the question: What contribution is Geography making to support and encourage the development and use of GIS technology and GIScience methods, techniques, and operations by governments, NGOs, business, researchers, academe, the media, and interest groups? The impending Research Colloquium on Using the Retrospective Approach to Mine for GIS Nuggets is one such contribution by Geography to GIS. This GIS Day 2014 presentation includes a selection of figures and tables from several Colloquium papers which illustrate how Geography can contribute to both parts of the title, that is, GIS: Bringing Geography to the World and, GIS: Bringing the World to Geography.]]> Sat, 15 Nov 2014 15:54:20 GMT /slideshow/gis-day-2014-final/41602035 wellarb@slideshare.net(wellarb) GIS: Bringing Geography to the World & the World to Geography wellarb GIS Day is a special occasion, whereby we express what we are thinking and doing in our GIS research, education, training, and applications activities. And, it is also is a time to set forth what we wish others would think about and do, such as providing answers to the question: What contribution is Geography making to support and encourage the development and use of GIS technology and GIScience methods, techniques, and operations by governments, NGOs, business, researchers, academe, the media, and interest groups? The impending Research Colloquium on Using the Retrospective Approach to Mine for GIS Nuggets is one such contribution by Geography to GIS. This GIS Day 2014 presentation includes a selection of figures and tables from several Colloquium papers which illustrate how Geography can contribute to both parts of the title, that is, GIS: Bringing Geography to the World and, GIS: Bringing the World to Geography. <img style="border:1px solid #C3E6D8;float:right;" alt="" src="https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ss_thumbnails/gisday2014final-141115155420-conversion-gate02-thumbnail.jpg?width=120&amp;height=120&amp;fit=bounds" /><br> GIS Day is a special occasion, whereby we express what we are thinking and doing in our GIS research, education, training, and applications activities. And, it is also is a time to set forth what we wish others would think about and do, such as providing answers to the question: What contribution is Geography making to support and encourage the development and use of GIS technology and GIScience methods, techniques, and operations by governments, NGOs, business, researchers, academe, the media, and interest groups? The impending Research Colloquium on Using the Retrospective Approach to Mine for GIS Nuggets is one such contribution by Geography to GIS. This GIS Day 2014 presentation includes a selection of figures and tables from several Colloquium papers which illustrate how Geography can contribute to both parts of the title, that is, GIS: Bringing Geography to the World and, GIS: Bringing the World to Geography.
GIS: Bringing Geography to the World & the World to Geography from Barry Wellar
]]> 604 6 https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ss_thumbnails/gisday2014final-141115155420-conversion-gate02-thumbnail.jpg?width=120&height=120&fit=bounds document 000000 http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posted 0 Five core questions on rail safety /slideshow/five-core-questions-on-rail-safety-final/36929188 fivecorequestionsonrailsafetyfinal-140713141254-phpapp02
The focus of this report is on passenger rail safety and freight rail safety for two primary reasons. First, and as illustrated by numerous, recent media items editorials, columns, interviews, articles, programs, news specials, letters to editors, etc., there continues to be widespread concern about the need to correct weaknesses, shortcomings, defects, flaws, and so on that are negatively affecting the safe movement of rail passenger and rail freight traffic in Canada (as well as in the U.S. and in other countries). Moreover, the media items frequently raise questions about the causes of rail safety situations or incidents that are deemed to be in urgent need of answers from governments (elected and appointed officials) at all levels, as well as from private sector corporate entities. And the second reason it is the flip side of the first. That is, due to policies, motives, practices, procedures, etc., specific to government agencies and officials, or to private sector corporate entities and officers, it is often very difficult or impossible to obtain the data, information or other productions necessary and sufficient to derive evidence-based comments, directives, or opinions about rail safety matters for media or for advisory purposes. This paper addresses both sides of the rail safety situation by presenting five core questions which can be used by lawyers, earnest elected officials, earnest professional staff, rail safety advocates, opposition political parties, candidates for political office, rail incident victims, and the media to pursue legal, political, operational, and other remedies to resolve rail safety problems and challenges, to significantly improve public access to pertinent, timely, and comprehensive rail safety data, information, and other productions, and to ensure full access to the people and methods behind the decisions which affect passenger rail and freight rail safety. The five core questions are: How have the priorities that governments (including crown corporations) and private sector entities assigned to duty of care obligations, standard of care practices, and risk management targets affected passenger rail safety, and freight rail safety, respectively, in Canada? How has urban encroachment as a result of planning and/or development decisions by municipal and provincial governments, and property developers, compromised rail safety? How has physical conflict between trains and trains, and trains and other modes of ground-based transport, compromised rail safety? How have passenger rail safety and freight rail safety been factored into transportation funding decisions by federal, provincial, and municipal governments? How have geographic information systems (GIS) technology and science assisted rail carriers and government departments or agencies make better passenger rail safety and freight rail safety decisions? ]]>
The focus of this report is on passenger rail safety and freight rail safety for two primary reasons. First, and as illustrated by numerous, recent media items editorials, columns, interviews, articles, programs, news specials, letters to editors, etc., there continues to be widespread concern about the need to correct weaknesses, shortcomings, defects, flaws, and so on that are negatively affecting the safe movement of rail passenger and rail freight traffic in Canada (as well as in the U.S. and in other countries). Moreover, the media items frequently raise questions about the causes of rail safety situations or incidents that are deemed to be in urgent need of answers from governments (elected and appointed officials) at all levels, as well as from private sector corporate entities. And the second reason it is the flip side of the first. That is, due to policies, motives, practices, procedures, etc., specific to government agencies and officials, or to private sector corporate entities and officers, it is often very difficult or impossible to obtain the data, information or other productions necessary and sufficient to derive evidence-based comments, directives, or opinions about rail safety matters for media or for advisory purposes. This paper addresses both sides of the rail safety situation by presenting five core questions which can be used by lawyers, earnest elected officials, earnest professional staff, rail safety advocates, opposition political parties, candidates for political office, rail incident victims, and the media to pursue legal, political, operational, and other remedies to resolve rail safety problems and challenges, to significantly improve public access to pertinent, timely, and comprehensive rail safety data, information, and other productions, and to ensure full access to the people and methods behind the decisions which affect passenger rail and freight rail safety. The five core questions are: How have the priorities that governments (including crown corporations) and private sector entities assigned to duty of care obligations, standard of care practices, and risk management targets affected passenger rail safety, and freight rail safety, respectively, in Canada? How has urban encroachment as a result of planning and/or development decisions by municipal and provincial governments, and property developers, compromised rail safety? How has physical conflict between trains and trains, and trains and other modes of ground-based transport, compromised rail safety? How have passenger rail safety and freight rail safety been factored into transportation funding decisions by federal, provincial, and municipal governments? How have geographic information systems (GIS) technology and science assisted rail carriers and government departments or agencies make better passenger rail safety and freight rail safety decisions? ]]> Sun, 13 Jul 2014 14:12:54 GMT /slideshow/five-core-questions-on-rail-safety-final/36929188 wellarb@slideshare.net(wellarb) Five core questions on rail safety wellarb The focus of this report is on passenger rail safety and freight rail safety for two primary reasons. First, and as illustrated by numerous, recent media items editorials, columns, interviews, articles, programs, news specials, letters to editors, etc., there continues to be widespread concern about the need to correct weaknesses, shortcomings, defects, flaws, and so on that are negatively affecting the safe movement of rail passenger and rail freight traffic in Canada (as well as in the U.S. and in other countries). Moreover, the media items frequently raise questions about the causes of rail safety situations or incidents that are deemed to be in urgent need of answers from governments (elected and appointed officials) at all levels, as well as from private sector corporate entities. And the second reason it is the flip side of the first. That is, due to policies, motives, practices, procedures, etc., specific to government agencies and officials, or to private sector corporate entities and officers, it is often very difficult or impossible to obtain the data, information or other productions necessary and sufficient to derive evidence-based comments, directives, or opinions about rail safety matters for media or for advisory purposes. This paper addresses both sides of the rail safety situation by presenting five core questions which can be used by lawyers, earnest elected officials, earnest professional staff, rail safety advocates, opposition political parties, candidates for political office, rail incident victims, and the media to pursue legal, political, operational, and other remedies to resolve rail safety problems and challenges, to significantly improve public access to pertinent, timely, and comprehensive rail safety data, information, and other productions, and to ensure full access to the people and methods behind the decisions which affect passenger rail and freight rail safety. The five core questions are: How have the priorities that governments (including crown corporations) and private sector entities assigned to duty of care obligations, standard of care practices, and risk management targets affected passenger rail safety, and freight rail safety, respectively, in Canada? How has urban encroachment as a result of planning and/or development decisions by municipal and provincial governments, and property developers, compromised rail safety? How has physical conflict between trains and trains, and trains and other modes of ground-based transport, compromised rail safety? How have passenger rail safety and freight rail safety been factored into transportation funding decisions by federal, provincial, and municipal governments? How have geographic information systems (GIS) technology and science assisted rail carriers and government departments or agencies make better passenger rail safety and freight rail safety decisions? <img style="border:1px solid #C3E6D8;float:right;" alt="" src="https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ss_thumbnails/fivecorequestionsonrailsafetyfinal-140713141254-phpapp02-thumbnail.jpg?width=120&amp;height=120&amp;fit=bounds" /><br> The focus of this report is on passenger rail safety and freight rail safety for two primary reasons. First, and as illustrated by numerous, recent media items editorials, columns, interviews, articles, programs, news specials, letters to editors, etc., there continues to be widespread concern about the need to correct weaknesses, shortcomings, defects, flaws, and so on that are negatively affecting the safe movement of rail passenger and rail freight traffic in Canada (as well as in the U.S. and in other countries). Moreover, the media items frequently raise questions about the causes of rail safety situations or incidents that are deemed to be in urgent need of answers from governments (elected and appointed officials) at all levels, as well as from private sector corporate entities. And the second reason it is the flip side of the first. That is, due to policies, motives, practices, procedures, etc., specific to government agencies and officials, or to private sector corporate entities and officers, it is often very difficult or impossible to obtain the data, information or other productions necessary and sufficient to derive evidence-based comments, directives, or opinions about rail safety matters for media or for advisory purposes. This paper addresses both sides of the rail safety situation by presenting five core questions which can be used by lawyers, earnest elected officials, earnest professional staff, rail safety advocates, opposition political parties, candidates for political office, rail incident victims, and the media to pursue legal, political, operational, and other remedies to resolve rail safety problems and challenges, to significantly improve public access to pertinent, timely, and comprehensive rail safety data, information, and other productions, and to ensure full access to the people and methods behind the decisions which affect passenger rail and freight rail safety. The five core questions are: How have the priorities that governments (including crown corporations) and private sector entities assigned to duty of care obligations, standard of care practices, and risk management targets affected passenger rail safety, and freight rail safety, respectively, in Canada? How has urban encroachment as a result of planning and/or development decisions by municipal and provincial governments, and property developers, compromised rail safety? How has physical conflict between trains and trains, and trains and other modes of ground-based transport, compromised rail safety? How have passenger rail safety and freight rail safety been factored into transportation funding decisions by federal, provincial, and municipal governments? How have geographic information systems (GIS) technology and science assisted rail carriers and government departments or agencies make better passenger rail safety and freight rail safety decisions?
Five core questions on rail safety from Barry Wellar
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AutoCarto Six Retrospective is a commemorative book that celebrates the Sixth International Symposium on Automated Cartography, which was held 30 years ago in Ottawa, Canada in 1983. The AC Six Symposium is considered one of the most influential conferences behind the origins, development, and growth of automated cartography, geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing, geomatics, and related fields. The retrospective production was designed and edited by Barry Wellar, Professor Emeritus, University of Ottawa, and currently owner and principal of Wellar Consulting Inc. and President, Information Research Board Inc. He was the Director of the Technical Program for AutoCarto Six, and editor of the 1100-page symposium proceedings which is available online at various websites. AutoCarto Six Retrospective includes an Introduction by Jack Dangermond, President, Esri, a paper by Barry Wellar on the design of a retrospective project and book, and 29 papers in which authors look back at the papers they presented on the theme, Automated Cartography: International Perspectives on Achievements and Challenges. The terms of reference used to design the retrospective papers include: Reason for 1983 paper; Thoughts shaping the design of the 1983 paper; Derivative attributions; Original contributions; Impacts; What was new in the 1983 paper; and, What was different in the 1983 paper. AutoCarto Six Retrospective is published by Information Research Board Inc. ]]>
AutoCarto Six Retrospective is a commemorative book that celebrates the Sixth International Symposium on Automated Cartography, which was held 30 years ago in Ottawa, Canada in 1983. The AC Six Symposium is considered one of the most influential conferences behind the origins, development, and growth of automated cartography, geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing, geomatics, and related fields. The retrospective production was designed and edited by Barry Wellar, Professor Emeritus, University of Ottawa, and currently owner and principal of Wellar Consulting Inc. and President, Information Research Board Inc. He was the Director of the Technical Program for AutoCarto Six, and editor of the 1100-page symposium proceedings which is available online at various websites. AutoCarto Six Retrospective includes an Introduction by Jack Dangermond, President, Esri, a paper by Barry Wellar on the design of a retrospective project and book, and 29 papers in which authors look back at the papers they presented on the theme, Automated Cartography: International Perspectives on Achievements and Challenges. The terms of reference used to design the retrospective papers include: Reason for 1983 paper; Thoughts shaping the design of the 1983 paper; Derivative attributions; Original contributions; Impacts; What was new in the 1983 paper; and, What was different in the 1983 paper. AutoCarto Six Retrospective is published by Information Research Board Inc. ]]> Wed, 08 Jan 2014 14:17:02 GMT /slideshow/autoccarto-six-rrtrospectivefinal/29817001 wellarb@slideshare.net(wellarb) AutoCarto Six Retrospective wellarb AutoCarto Six Retrospective is a commemorative book that celebrates the Sixth International Symposium on Automated Cartography, which was held 30 years ago in Ottawa, Canada in 1983. The AC Six Symposium is considered one of the most influential conferences behind the origins, development, and growth of automated cartography, geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing, geomatics, and related fields. The retrospective production was designed and edited by Barry Wellar, Professor Emeritus, University of Ottawa, and currently owner and principal of Wellar Consulting Inc. and President, Information Research Board Inc. He was the Director of the Technical Program for AutoCarto Six, and editor of the 1100-page symposium proceedings which is available online at various websites. AutoCarto Six Retrospective includes an Introduction by Jack Dangermond, President, Esri, a paper by Barry Wellar on the design of a retrospective project and book, and 29 papers in which authors look back at the papers they presented on the theme, Automated Cartography: International Perspectives on Achievements and Challenges. The terms of reference used to design the retrospective papers include: Reason for 1983 paper; Thoughts shaping the design of the 1983 paper; Derivative attributions; Original contributions; Impacts; What was new in the 1983 paper; and, What was different in the 1983 paper. AutoCarto Six Retrospective is published by Information Research Board Inc. <img style="border:1px solid #C3E6D8;float:right;" alt="" src="https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ss_thumbnails/autocartosixretrospectivefinal-140108141702-phpapp02-thumbnail.jpg?width=120&amp;height=120&amp;fit=bounds" /><br> AutoCarto Six Retrospective is a commemorative book that celebrates the Sixth International Symposium on Automated Cartography, which was held 30 years ago in Ottawa, Canada in 1983. The AC Six Symposium is considered one of the most influential conferences behind the origins, development, and growth of automated cartography, geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing, geomatics, and related fields. The retrospective production was designed and edited by Barry Wellar, Professor Emeritus, University of Ottawa, and currently owner and principal of Wellar Consulting Inc. and President, Information Research Board Inc. He was the Director of the Technical Program for AutoCarto Six, and editor of the 1100-page symposium proceedings which is available online at various websites. AutoCarto Six Retrospective includes an Introduction by Jack Dangermond, President, Esri, a paper by Barry Wellar on the design of a retrospective project and book, and 29 papers in which authors look back at the papers they presented on the theme, Automated Cartography: International Perspectives on Achievements and Challenges. The terms of reference used to design the retrospective papers include: Reason for 1983 paper; Thoughts shaping the design of the 1983 paper; Derivative attributions; Original contributions; Impacts; What was new in the 1983 paper; and, What was different in the 1983 paper. AutoCarto Six Retrospective is published by Information Research Board Inc.
AutoCarto Six Retrospective from Barry Wellar
]]> 3192 19 https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ss_thumbnails/autocartosixretrospectivefinal-140108141702-phpapp02-thumbnail.jpg?width=120&height=120&fit=bounds document White http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posted 0 Walking Security Index /slideshow/walking-security-index/19436176 walkingsecurityindex-130421155332-phpapp02
The Walking Security Index (WSI) project was approved in 1994 as an element of the Transportation Environment Action Plan (TEAP) of the Region of Ottawa-Carleton (now the City of Ottawa), and received funding in 1996. The Walking Security Index (Final Report) was published in 1998. One of the goals of TEAP was to encourage more trips by walking, and the primary mission of the WSI project was to design indexes which measure the levels of safety, comfort and convenience expected and experienced by pedestrians at intersections. The thesis of the WSI research was that indexes could be designed that provide numeric scores on the performance of intersections from the perspective of safety, comfort, and convenience of pedestrians, and the scores could be arranged in rank order. Then, for public safety, quality of life, engineering, traffic, enforcement, maintenance, infrastructure modification, health, or other purposes, the scores could be used to identify needed corrective actions at intersections rated from best to worst, or at problematic intersection quadrants, and the rankings would provide elected officials and Region/City management and staff with information for prioritizing remedial actions. More than 50 publications have been authored or co-authored by the principal investigator to describe the research design and findings of the WSI methodology, including the specification of 10 indexes grouped into three domains -- intersection volume and design, quality of intersection condition, and driver behaviour. The Walking Security Index project reports, findings, and expertise of the principal investigator have been accepted for expert witness opinions and testimony in more than a dozen legal actions involving pedestrians, motor vehicle operators, municipal governments, insurance companies, and school boards. The print run of more than 400 copies of Walking Security Index was exhausted some years ago, and I have been informed on a number of occasions by interested parties such as researchers, lawyers, public safety advocates, community groups, academics, and students that access to a digital production has not been provided or maintained by the City of Ottawa. That shortcoming is addressed by p0osting this digital production. A digital production will also be prepared for the final report of the follow-on project, Walking Security Index Pilot Study, and it too will be posted to ensure digital access. ]]>
The Walking Security Index (WSI) project was approved in 1994 as an element of the Transportation Environment Action Plan (TEAP) of the Region of Ottawa-Carleton (now the City of Ottawa), and received funding in 1996. The Walking Security Index (Final Report) was published in 1998. One of the goals of TEAP was to encourage more trips by walking, and the primary mission of the WSI project was to design indexes which measure the levels of safety, comfort and convenience expected and experienced by pedestrians at intersections. The thesis of the WSI research was that indexes could be designed that provide numeric scores on the performance of intersections from the perspective of safety, comfort, and convenience of pedestrians, and the scores could be arranged in rank order. Then, for public safety, quality of life, engineering, traffic, enforcement, maintenance, infrastructure modification, health, or other purposes, the scores could be used to identify needed corrective actions at intersections rated from best to worst, or at problematic intersection quadrants, and the rankings would provide elected officials and Region/City management and staff with information for prioritizing remedial actions. More than 50 publications have been authored or co-authored by the principal investigator to describe the research design and findings of the WSI methodology, including the specification of 10 indexes grouped into three domains -- intersection volume and design, quality of intersection condition, and driver behaviour. The Walking Security Index project reports, findings, and expertise of the principal investigator have been accepted for expert witness opinions and testimony in more than a dozen legal actions involving pedestrians, motor vehicle operators, municipal governments, insurance companies, and school boards. The print run of more than 400 copies of Walking Security Index was exhausted some years ago, and I have been informed on a number of occasions by interested parties such as researchers, lawyers, public safety advocates, community groups, academics, and students that access to a digital production has not been provided or maintained by the City of Ottawa. That shortcoming is addressed by p0osting this digital production. A digital production will also be prepared for the final report of the follow-on project, Walking Security Index Pilot Study, and it too will be posted to ensure digital access. ]]> Sun, 21 Apr 2013 15:53:32 GMT /slideshow/walking-security-index/19436176 wellarb@slideshare.net(wellarb) Walking Security Index wellarb The Walking Security Index (WSI) project was approved in 1994 as an element of the Transportation Environment Action Plan (TEAP) of the Region of Ottawa-Carleton (now the City of Ottawa), and received funding in 1996. The Walking Security Index (Final Report) was published in 1998. One of the goals of TEAP was to encourage more trips by walking, and the primary mission of the WSI project was to design indexes which measure the levels of safety, comfort and convenience expected and experienced by pedestrians at intersections. The thesis of the WSI research was that indexes could be designed that provide numeric scores on the performance of intersections from the perspective of safety, comfort, and convenience of pedestrians, and the scores could be arranged in rank order. Then, for public safety, quality of life, engineering, traffic, enforcement, maintenance, infrastructure modification, health, or other purposes, the scores could be used to identify needed corrective actions at intersections rated from best to worst, or at problematic intersection quadrants, and the rankings would provide elected officials and Region/City management and staff with information for prioritizing remedial actions. More than 50 publications have been authored or co-authored by the principal investigator to describe the research design and findings of the WSI methodology, including the specification of 10 indexes grouped into three domains -- intersection volume and design, quality of intersection condition, and driver behaviour. The Walking Security Index project reports, findings, and expertise of the principal investigator have been accepted for expert witness opinions and testimony in more than a dozen legal actions involving pedestrians, motor vehicle operators, municipal governments, insurance companies, and school boards. The print run of more than 400 copies of Walking Security Index was exhausted some years ago, and I have been informed on a number of occasions by interested parties such as researchers, lawyers, public safety advocates, community groups, academics, and students that access to a digital production has not been provided or maintained by the City of Ottawa. That shortcoming is addressed by p0osting this digital production. A digital production will also be prepared for the final report of the follow-on project, Walking Security Index Pilot Study, and it too will be posted to ensure digital access. <img style="border:1px solid #C3E6D8;float:right;" alt="" src="https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ss_thumbnails/walkingsecurityindex-130421155332-phpapp02-thumbnail.jpg?width=120&amp;height=120&amp;fit=bounds" /><br> The Walking Security Index (WSI) project was approved in 1994 as an element of the Transportation Environment Action Plan (TEAP) of the Region of Ottawa-Carleton (now the City of Ottawa), and received funding in 1996. The Walking Security Index (Final Report) was published in 1998. One of the goals of TEAP was to encourage more trips by walking, and the primary mission of the WSI project was to design indexes which measure the levels of safety, comfort and convenience expected and experienced by pedestrians at intersections. The thesis of the WSI research was that indexes could be designed that provide numeric scores on the performance of intersections from the perspective of safety, comfort, and convenience of pedestrians, and the scores could be arranged in rank order. Then, for public safety, quality of life, engineering, traffic, enforcement, maintenance, infrastructure modification, health, or other purposes, the scores could be used to identify needed corrective actions at intersections rated from best to worst, or at problematic intersection quadrants, and the rankings would provide elected officials and Region/City management and staff with information for prioritizing remedial actions. More than 50 publications have been authored or co-authored by the principal investigator to describe the research design and findings of the WSI methodology, including the specification of 10 indexes grouped into three domains -- intersection volume and design, quality of intersection condition, and driver behaviour. The Walking Security Index project reports, findings, and expertise of the principal investigator have been accepted for expert witness opinions and testimony in more than a dozen legal actions involving pedestrians, motor vehicle operators, municipal governments, insurance companies, and school boards. The print run of more than 400 copies of Walking Security Index was exhausted some years ago, and I have been informed on a number of occasions by interested parties such as researchers, lawyers, public safety advocates, community groups, academics, and students that access to a digital production has not been provided or maintained by the City of Ottawa. That shortcoming is addressed by p0osting this digital production. A digital production will also be prepared for the final report of the follow-on project, Walking Security Index Pilot Study, and it too will be posted to ensure digital access.
Walking Security Index from Barry Wellar
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Urisa 201STANDARD OF CARE AND E-DEMOCRACY INITIATIVES: from Barry Wellar
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Barry Wellars presentation at the 2010 GIS-Pro Conference introduced the topic of governments using GIS to meet duty of care/standard of care obligations. During the 2011 GIS-Pro Conference, Sean McGrath reported on e-democracy activities designed to streamline the legislative process, reduce the paper burden, and significantly improve information exchanges between elected officials and citizens. This panel session builds on those foundations by discussing how information technology is modernizing the legislative process in different jurisdictions, how the availability of GIS is increasing the onus on governments to explicitly build GIS into their standard of care capabilities, and how e-democracy principles and practices are emerging as a core element of enterprise-wide computer-based communications systems in governments. This presentation summarizes the core arguments in the two standard of care papers given by Wellar (Wellar, 2010a, 2010b) at the 2010 URISA conference, and then discusses some of the policy and legislative impacts arising from and feeding into the fusion of GIS and e-democracy infrastructure and activities. The presentation should be of particular interest to: 1) elected and appointed members of the executive function responsible for incorporating standard of care obligations into the policies and legislative materials of local, provincial/state, and federal governments; and 2) managers and GISPs responsible for designing and implementing a GIS-based, e-democracy capability that achieves enterprise-wide inter-connectivity between duty of care and standard of care obligations and the modifications to policies or legislative documents and procedures that pertain to those care obligations. ]]>
Barry Wellars presentation at the 2010 GIS-Pro Conference introduced the topic of governments using GIS to meet duty of care/standard of care obligations. During the 2011 GIS-Pro Conference, Sean McGrath reported on e-democracy activities designed to streamline the legislative process, reduce the paper burden, and significantly improve information exchanges between elected officials and citizens. This panel session builds on those foundations by discussing how information technology is modernizing the legislative process in different jurisdictions, how the availability of GIS is increasing the onus on governments to explicitly build GIS into their standard of care capabilities, and how e-democracy principles and practices are emerging as a core element of enterprise-wide computer-based communications systems in governments. This presentation summarizes the core arguments in the two standard of care papers given by Wellar (Wellar, 2010a, 2010b) at the 2010 URISA conference, and then discusses some of the policy and legislative impacts arising from and feeding into the fusion of GIS and e-democracy infrastructure and activities. The presentation should be of particular interest to: 1) elected and appointed members of the executive function responsible for incorporating standard of care obligations into the policies and legislative materials of local, provincial/state, and federal governments; and 2) managers and GISPs responsible for designing and implementing a GIS-based, e-democracy capability that achieves enterprise-wide inter-connectivity between duty of care and standard of care obligations and the modifications to policies or legislative documents and procedures that pertain to those care obligations. ]]> Sun, 03 Mar 2013 19:36:27 GMT /slideshow/urisa-2012-proceedings-paper-s-of-c-and-e-dem-final/16906823 wellarb@slideshare.net(wellarb) STANDARD OF CARE AND E-DEMOCRACY INITIATIVES: LEGISLATIVE AND POLICY IMPACTS wellarb Barry Wellars presentation at the 2010 GIS-Pro Conference introduced the topic of governments using GIS to meet duty of care/standard of care obligations. During the 2011 GIS-Pro Conference, Sean McGrath reported on e-democracy activities designed to streamline the legislative process, reduce the paper burden, and significantly improve information exchanges between elected officials and citizens. This panel session builds on those foundations by discussing how information technology is modernizing the legislative process in different jurisdictions, how the availability of GIS is increasing the onus on governments to explicitly build GIS into their standard of care capabilities, and how e-democracy principles and practices are emerging as a core element of enterprise-wide computer-based communications systems in governments. This presentation summarizes the core arguments in the two standard of care papers given by Wellar (Wellar, 2010a, 2010b) at the 2010 URISA conference, and then discusses some of the policy and legislative impacts arising from and feeding into the fusion of GIS and e-democracy infrastructure and activities. The presentation should be of particular interest to: 1) elected and appointed members of the executive function responsible for incorporating standard of care obligations into the policies and legislative materials of local, provincial/state, and federal governments; and 2) managers and GISPs responsible for designing and implementing a GIS-based, e-democracy capability that achieves enterprise-wide inter-connectivity between duty of care and standard of care obligations and the modifications to policies or legislative documents and procedures that pertain to those care obligations. <img style="border:1px solid #C3E6D8;float:right;" alt="" src="https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ss_thumbnails/urisa2012proceedingspapersofcande-demfinal-130303193627-phpapp01-thumbnail.jpg?width=120&amp;height=120&amp;fit=bounds" /><br> Barry Wellars presentation at the 2010 GIS-Pro Conference introduced the topic of governments using GIS to meet duty of care/standard of care obligations. During the 2011 GIS-Pro Conference, Sean McGrath reported on e-democracy activities designed to streamline the legislative process, reduce the paper burden, and significantly improve information exchanges between elected officials and citizens. This panel session builds on those foundations by discussing how information technology is modernizing the legislative process in different jurisdictions, how the availability of GIS is increasing the onus on governments to explicitly build GIS into their standard of care capabilities, and how e-democracy principles and practices are emerging as a core element of enterprise-wide computer-based communications systems in governments. This presentation summarizes the core arguments in the two standard of care papers given by Wellar (Wellar, 2010a, 2010b) at the 2010 URISA conference, and then discusses some of the policy and legislative impacts arising from and feeding into the fusion of GIS and e-democracy infrastructure and activities. The presentation should be of particular interest to: 1) elected and appointed members of the executive function responsible for incorporating standard of care obligations into the policies and legislative materials of local, provincial/state, and federal governments; and 2) managers and GISPs responsible for designing and implementing a GIS-based, e-democracy capability that achieves enterprise-wide inter-connectivity between duty of care and standard of care obligations and the modifications to policies or legislative documents and procedures that pertain to those care obligations.
STANDARD OF CARE AND E-DEMOCRACY INITIATIVES: LEGISLATIVE AND POLICY IMPACTS from Barry Wellar
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This article was prepared for news media, popular literature, list serve, social media, academic and association websites, and other means of communicating with the general public in Canada and abroad. As demonstrated in previous reports, and without exception to date, claims about traffic gridlock in sources such as news media stories, government documents, board of trade releases, vested interest productions, as well as announcements and pronouncements by politicians are unsupported by substantive, empirical evidence. This article is a commentary urging ordinary citizens to reject the gridlock nonsense and its agents or lobbyists, and to insist upon and participate in national, regional, and local education programs to better understand and appreciate both the positive and the negative aspects of traffic congestion. Previous reports on my recent gridlock-related research include Tracking the Motives behind the Phony War on Traffic Gridlock; Traffic Gridlock: A Bad, Mis-Leading Metaphor that Makes for Bad, Mis-Directed Public Policy; Traffic Gridlock: The Real Deal or a Pile of Nonsense? ; and Inspiring a Sustainability Action Agenda . These and other, related productions can be viewed at various websites including, transport2000.ca/; wellar.ca/wellarconsulting/; slideshare.net/wellarb/documents; and urbanneighbourhoods.wordpress.com/. ]]>
This article was prepared for news media, popular literature, list serve, social media, academic and association websites, and other means of communicating with the general public in Canada and abroad. As demonstrated in previous reports, and without exception to date, claims about traffic gridlock in sources such as news media stories, government documents, board of trade releases, vested interest productions, as well as announcements and pronouncements by politicians are unsupported by substantive, empirical evidence. This article is a commentary urging ordinary citizens to reject the gridlock nonsense and its agents or lobbyists, and to insist upon and participate in national, regional, and local education programs to better understand and appreciate both the positive and the negative aspects of traffic congestion. Previous reports on my recent gridlock-related research include Tracking the Motives behind the Phony War on Traffic Gridlock; Traffic Gridlock: A Bad, Mis-Leading Metaphor that Makes for Bad, Mis-Directed Public Policy; Traffic Gridlock: The Real Deal or a Pile of Nonsense? ; and Inspiring a Sustainability Action Agenda . These and other, related productions can be viewed at various websites including, transport2000.ca/; wellar.ca/wellarconsulting/; slideshare.net/wellarb/documents; and urbanneighbourhoods.wordpress.com/. ]]> Fri, 21 Dec 2012 11:58:56 GMT /slideshow/whats-behind-the-nonsense-about-traffic-gridlock/15727963 wellarb@slideshare.net(wellarb) What's behind the nonsense about traffic gridlock wellarb This article was prepared for news media, popular literature, list serve, social media, academic and association websites, and other means of communicating with the general public in Canada and abroad. As demonstrated in previous reports, and without exception to date, claims about traffic gridlock in sources such as news media stories, government documents, board of trade releases, vested interest productions, as well as announcements and pronouncements by politicians are unsupported by substantive, empirical evidence. This article is a commentary urging ordinary citizens to reject the gridlock nonsense and its agents or lobbyists, and to insist upon and participate in national, regional, and local education programs to better understand and appreciate both the positive and the negative aspects of traffic congestion. Previous reports on my recent gridlock-related research include Tracking the Motives behind the Phony War on Traffic Gridlock; Traffic Gridlock: A Bad, Mis-Leading Metaphor that Makes for Bad, Mis-Directed Public Policy; Traffic Gridlock: The Real Deal or a Pile of Nonsense? ; and Inspiring a Sustainability Action Agenda . These and other, related productions can be viewed at various websites including, transport2000.ca/; wellar.ca/wellarconsulting/; slideshare.net/wellarb/documents; and urbanneighbourhoods.wordpress.com/. <img style="border:1px solid #C3E6D8;float:right;" alt="" src="https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ss_thumbnails/whatsbehindthenonsenseabouttrafficgridlock-121221115856-phpapp02-thumbnail.jpg?width=120&amp;height=120&amp;fit=bounds" /><br> This article was prepared for news media, popular literature, list serve, social media, academic and association websites, and other means of communicating with the general public in Canada and abroad. As demonstrated in previous reports, and without exception to date, claims about traffic gridlock in sources such as news media stories, government documents, board of trade releases, vested interest productions, as well as announcements and pronouncements by politicians are unsupported by substantive, empirical evidence. This article is a commentary urging ordinary citizens to reject the gridlock nonsense and its agents or lobbyists, and to insist upon and participate in national, regional, and local education programs to better understand and appreciate both the positive and the negative aspects of traffic congestion. Previous reports on my recent gridlock-related research include Tracking the Motives behind the Phony War on Traffic Gridlock; Traffic Gridlock: A Bad, Mis-Leading Metaphor that Makes for Bad, Mis-Directed Public Policy; Traffic Gridlock: The Real Deal or a Pile of Nonsense? ; and Inspiring a Sustainability Action Agenda . These and other, related productions can be viewed at various websites including, transport2000.ca/; wellar.ca/wellarconsulting/; slideshare.net/wellarb/documents; and urbanneighbourhoods.wordpress.com/.
What's behind the nonsense about traffic gridlock from Barry Wellar
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In a previous publication, Traffic Gridlock: The Real Deal or a Pile of Nonsense?, I reported on a study which applied several research procedures to examine media stories and Google search items containing the terms traffic gridlock or gridlock implying traffic gridlock. The objective was to ascertain whether the media stories and Google items establish that traffic gridlock is a real deal matter, or whether the stories and items contribute to a pile of nonsense. The finding was that 99% of the stories and items belong in the nonsense pile. And therein lies a puzzle: How is it that traffic gridlock enjoys considerable media and Google popularity, but little to no evidence demonstrating the occurrence of traffic gridlock accompanies the vast majority of stories and Google entries? In this report I explore one possible explanation, and the associated implication for public policy. That is, traffic gridlock is a bad, mis-leading metaphor which has been accepted and promulgated by some parties as a truth for which no proof exists and none is needed. And, the associated cause-effect relationship that I comment on is that a bad, mis-leading metaphor is a bad, mis-directed basis for setting public policy. To support this explanation I introduce the good metaphor traffic blockage, and use it as a means to discredit and dismiss the traffic gridlock metaphor which I believe erroneously distorts understanding the role of motor vehicle congestion in urban places, and obscures/confounds the appropriate ways and means of considering and addressing urban motor vehicle congestion. And, as per the initial paper, an invitation is extended to anyone who has traffic gridlock evidence: please call it to my attention at the earliest so that I can adjust my thinking and revise my papers. ]]>
In a previous publication, Traffic Gridlock: The Real Deal or a Pile of Nonsense?, I reported on a study which applied several research procedures to examine media stories and Google search items containing the terms traffic gridlock or gridlock implying traffic gridlock. The objective was to ascertain whether the media stories and Google items establish that traffic gridlock is a real deal matter, or whether the stories and items contribute to a pile of nonsense. The finding was that 99% of the stories and items belong in the nonsense pile. And therein lies a puzzle: How is it that traffic gridlock enjoys considerable media and Google popularity, but little to no evidence demonstrating the occurrence of traffic gridlock accompanies the vast majority of stories and Google entries? In this report I explore one possible explanation, and the associated implication for public policy. That is, traffic gridlock is a bad, mis-leading metaphor which has been accepted and promulgated by some parties as a truth for which no proof exists and none is needed. And, the associated cause-effect relationship that I comment on is that a bad, mis-leading metaphor is a bad, mis-directed basis for setting public policy. To support this explanation I introduce the good metaphor traffic blockage, and use it as a means to discredit and dismiss the traffic gridlock metaphor which I believe erroneously distorts understanding the role of motor vehicle congestion in urban places, and obscures/confounds the appropriate ways and means of considering and addressing urban motor vehicle congestion. And, as per the initial paper, an invitation is extended to anyone who has traffic gridlock evidence: please call it to my attention at the earliest so that I can adjust my thinking and revise my papers. ]]> Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:00:51 GMT /slideshow/traffic-gridlock2-final-10387880/10387880 wellarb@slideshare.net(wellarb) Traffic Gridlock: A Bad, Mis-Leading Metaphor that Makes for Bad, Mis-Directed Public Policy wellarb In a previous publication, Traffic Gridlock: The Real Deal or a Pile of Nonsense?, I reported on a study which applied several research procedures to examine media stories and Google search items containing the terms traffic gridlock or gridlock implying traffic gridlock. The objective was to ascertain whether the media stories and Google items establish that traffic gridlock is a real deal matter, or whether the stories and items contribute to a pile of nonsense. The finding was that 99% of the stories and items belong in the nonsense pile. And therein lies a puzzle: How is it that traffic gridlock enjoys considerable media and Google popularity, but little to no evidence demonstrating the occurrence of traffic gridlock accompanies the vast majority of stories and Google entries? In this report I explore one possible explanation, and the associated implication for public policy. That is, traffic gridlock is a bad, mis-leading metaphor which has been accepted and promulgated by some parties as a truth for which no proof exists and none is needed. And, the associated cause-effect relationship that I comment on is that a bad, mis-leading metaphor is a bad, mis-directed basis for setting public policy. To support this explanation I introduce the good metaphor traffic blockage, and use it as a means to discredit and dismiss the traffic gridlock metaphor which I believe erroneously distorts understanding the role of motor vehicle congestion in urban places, and obscures/confounds the appropriate ways and means of considering and addressing urban motor vehicle congestion. And, as per the initial paper, an invitation is extended to anyone who has traffic gridlock evidence: please call it to my attention at the earliest so that I can adjust my thinking and revise my papers. <img style="border:1px solid #C3E6D8;float:right;" alt="" src="https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ss_thumbnails/trafficgridlock2final-111129140053-phpapp01-thumbnail.jpg?width=120&amp;height=120&amp;fit=bounds" /><br> In a previous publication, Traffic Gridlock: The Real Deal or a Pile of Nonsense?, I reported on a study which applied several research procedures to examine media stories and Google search items containing the terms traffic gridlock or gridlock implying traffic gridlock. The objective was to ascertain whether the media stories and Google items establish that traffic gridlock is a real deal matter, or whether the stories and items contribute to a pile of nonsense. The finding was that 99% of the stories and items belong in the nonsense pile. And therein lies a puzzle: How is it that traffic gridlock enjoys considerable media and Google popularity, but little to no evidence demonstrating the occurrence of traffic gridlock accompanies the vast majority of stories and Google entries? In this report I explore one possible explanation, and the associated implication for public policy. That is, traffic gridlock is a bad, mis-leading metaphor which has been accepted and promulgated by some parties as a truth for which no proof exists and none is needed. And, the associated cause-effect relationship that I comment on is that a bad, mis-leading metaphor is a bad, mis-directed basis for setting public policy. To support this explanation I introduce the good metaphor traffic blockage, and use it as a means to discredit and dismiss the traffic gridlock metaphor which I believe erroneously distorts understanding the role of motor vehicle congestion in urban places, and obscures/confounds the appropriate ways and means of considering and addressing urban motor vehicle congestion. And, as per the initial paper, an invitation is extended to anyone who has traffic gridlock evidence: please call it to my attention at the earliest so that I can adjust my thinking and revise my papers.
Traffic Gridlock: A Bad, Mis-Leading Metaphor that Makes for Bad, Mis-Directed Public Policy from Barry Wellar
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Thoughts about a New Generation of U.S. Spatial Adjustments and the Implications for Canada and the Algoma Region from Barry Wellar
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Traffic Gridlock: The Real Deal or a Pile of Nonsense? from Barry Wellar
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The slides in this presentation are for of a keynote address at the 2011 Sustainable Community Summit, Ottawa, Canada. My assignment is To promote and guide discussion into the barriers and solutions associated with achieving the transportation element of a sustainable community. As context for the discussion of barriers and solutions to achieving sustainable transport, I begin by explaining why I use Inspire in the title. I then list a dozen of my reports in which I examined various issues associated with sustainable transport, and another set of reports in which I previously discussed barriers and solutions to achieving sustainable transport in the City of Ottawa. The final context remark is to remind/inform attendees, and viewers of this presentation, of the ten reports from the project, Methodologies for Identifying and Ranking Sustainable Transport Practices in Urban Regions, which was undertaken for Transport Canada in 2008-2009. Emphasis then turns to two conditions which must be met in order to achieve the transportation component of a sustainable community. First, simultaneously reduce the number of trips made by private motor vehicles, and increase the number of trips made by walking, cycling, and transit. And second, actions are explicitly designed and methodologically implemented to increase transportation system flexibility. The presentation is concluded by a number of slides illustrating how the sustainability of a transportation system is determined by the combinations of transportation system outputs that are demanded by citizens, businesses, and government agencies, and the modes of transportation used by citizens, businesses, and governments to achieve those outputs. In the open forum to follow the presentation, Summit attendees will be asked for words of wisdom, guidance, and motivation to INSPIRE a sustainable transportation transformation across Ottawa, Ontario, and beyond. ]]>
The slides in this presentation are for of a keynote address at the 2011 Sustainable Community Summit, Ottawa, Canada. My assignment is To promote and guide discussion into the barriers and solutions associated with achieving the transportation element of a sustainable community. As context for the discussion of barriers and solutions to achieving sustainable transport, I begin by explaining why I use Inspire in the title. I then list a dozen of my reports in which I examined various issues associated with sustainable transport, and another set of reports in which I previously discussed barriers and solutions to achieving sustainable transport in the City of Ottawa. The final context remark is to remind/inform attendees, and viewers of this presentation, of the ten reports from the project, Methodologies for Identifying and Ranking Sustainable Transport Practices in Urban Regions, which was undertaken for Transport Canada in 2008-2009. Emphasis then turns to two conditions which must be met in order to achieve the transportation component of a sustainable community. First, simultaneously reduce the number of trips made by private motor vehicles, and increase the number of trips made by walking, cycling, and transit. And second, actions are explicitly designed and methodologically implemented to increase transportation system flexibility. The presentation is concluded by a number of slides illustrating how the sustainability of a transportation system is determined by the combinations of transportation system outputs that are demanded by citizens, businesses, and government agencies, and the modes of transportation used by citizens, businesses, and governments to achieve those outputs. In the open forum to follow the presentation, Summit attendees will be asked for words of wisdom, guidance, and motivation to INSPIRE a sustainable transportation transformation across Ottawa, Ontario, and beyond. ]]> Sat, 23 Apr 2011 13:12:02 GMT /slideshow/transportation-inspiring-a-sustainability-action-agenda/7716123 wellarb@slideshare.net(wellarb) Transportation: Inspiring a Sustainability Action Agenda wellarb The slides in this presentation are for of a keynote address at the 2011 Sustainable Community Summit, Ottawa, Canada. My assignment is To promote and guide discussion into the barriers and solutions associated with achieving the transportation element of a sustainable community. As context for the discussion of barriers and solutions to achieving sustainable transport, I begin by explaining why I use Inspire in the title. I then list a dozen of my reports in which I examined various issues associated with sustainable transport, and another set of reports in which I previously discussed barriers and solutions to achieving sustainable transport in the City of Ottawa. The final context remark is to remind/inform attendees, and viewers of this presentation, of the ten reports from the project, Methodologies for Identifying and Ranking Sustainable Transport Practices in Urban Regions, which was undertaken for Transport Canada in 2008-2009. Emphasis then turns to two conditions which must be met in order to achieve the transportation component of a sustainable community. First, simultaneously reduce the number of trips made by private motor vehicles, and increase the number of trips made by walking, cycling, and transit. And second, actions are explicitly designed and methodologically implemented to increase transportation system flexibility. The presentation is concluded by a number of slides illustrating how the sustainability of a transportation system is determined by the combinations of transportation system outputs that are demanded by citizens, businesses, and government agencies, and the modes of transportation used by citizens, businesses, and governments to achieve those outputs. In the open forum to follow the presentation, Summit attendees will be asked for words of wisdom, guidance, and motivation to INSPIRE a sustainable transportation transformation across Ottawa, Ontario, and beyond. <img style="border:1px solid #C3E6D8;float:right;" alt="" src="https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ss_thumbnails/scswellarfinal-110423131204-phpapp02-thumbnail.jpg?width=120&amp;height=120&amp;fit=bounds" /><br> The slides in this presentation are for of a keynote address at the 2011 Sustainable Community Summit, Ottawa, Canada. My assignment is To promote and guide discussion into the barriers and solutions associated with achieving the transportation element of a sustainable community. As context for the discussion of barriers and solutions to achieving sustainable transport, I begin by explaining why I use Inspire in the title. I then list a dozen of my reports in which I examined various issues associated with sustainable transport, and another set of reports in which I previously discussed barriers and solutions to achieving sustainable transport in the City of Ottawa. The final context remark is to remind/inform attendees, and viewers of this presentation, of the ten reports from the project, Methodologies for Identifying and Ranking Sustainable Transport Practices in Urban Regions, which was undertaken for Transport Canada in 2008-2009. Emphasis then turns to two conditions which must be met in order to achieve the transportation component of a sustainable community. First, simultaneously reduce the number of trips made by private motor vehicles, and increase the number of trips made by walking, cycling, and transit. And second, actions are explicitly designed and methodologically implemented to increase transportation system flexibility. The presentation is concluded by a number of slides illustrating how the sustainability of a transportation system is determined by the combinations of transportation system outputs that are demanded by citizens, businesses, and government agencies, and the modes of transportation used by citizens, businesses, and governments to achieve those outputs. In the open forum to follow the presentation, Summit attendees will be asked for words of wisdom, guidance, and motivation to INSPIRE a sustainable transportation transformation across Ottawa, Ontario, and beyond.
Transportation: Inspiring a Sustainability Action Agenda from Barry Wellar
]]> 626 1 https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ss_thumbnails/scswellarfinal-110423131204-phpapp02-thumbnail.jpg?width=120&height=120&fit=bounds presentation Black http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posted 0 Dealing with Municipal Failure to /slideshow/abbottsford-lecture-final/6523714 abbottsfordlecturefinal-110111181654-phpapp02
Through policies, promises, pronouncements, agreements, advertisements, endorsements, pledges, and related statements, municipal governments endorse, support, exhort, encourage, promote, call for, and otherwise demonstrate a municipal interest in the use by pedestrians of such public transportation facilities as sidewalks, paths, bridges, roads, streets, highways, intersections, and crosswalks. However, during the course of using these facilities, pedestrians may be injured or even killed. The questions arise, therefore, as to: A) Whether failures by municipal governments to meet duty of care or standard of care obligations affecting pedestrians contributed to events causing the injuries or deaths; and B) Whether it may be appropriate to initiate legal action to seek redress. This presentation includes the following materials which may be instructive for pedestrians, pedestrians advocacy groups, and persons acting on behalf of pedestrians, who are giving consideration to playing the legal card: 1) An illustrative list of municipal and provincial documents with a legal aspect pertaining to pedestrians;2) Parameters of burden of care that have been and are matters of political, social, methodological, and legal contention; 3) Municipal duty of care and standard of care materials and functions that have, could have, or should have implications for pedestrians; 4) Deaths, injuries, and other costs of burden of care failures that affect pedestrians Results from newspaper searches done more than TEN years ago; 5) Basics of a duty of care/standard of care action? Simple arithmetic test; 6) Burden of care questions that are central to examination for discovery, expert witness reports, and evidence-in-chief and cross-examination activities: 7) Dealing with municipal failure to meet duty of care and standard of care obligations affecting pedestrians Still want to play the legal card? The presentation is concluded by a selection of online materials dealing with various aspects of the duty of care and standard of care parameters examined during the Walking Security Index project, 1995-2002, and subsequent projects. ]]>
Through policies, promises, pronouncements, agreements, advertisements, endorsements, pledges, and related statements, municipal governments endorse, support, exhort, encourage, promote, call for, and otherwise demonstrate a municipal interest in the use by pedestrians of such public transportation facilities as sidewalks, paths, bridges, roads, streets, highways, intersections, and crosswalks. However, during the course of using these facilities, pedestrians may be injured or even killed. The questions arise, therefore, as to: A) Whether failures by municipal governments to meet duty of care or standard of care obligations affecting pedestrians contributed to events causing the injuries or deaths; and B) Whether it may be appropriate to initiate legal action to seek redress. This presentation includes the following materials which may be instructive for pedestrians, pedestrians advocacy groups, and persons acting on behalf of pedestrians, who are giving consideration to playing the legal card: 1) An illustrative list of municipal and provincial documents with a legal aspect pertaining to pedestrians;2) Parameters of burden of care that have been and are matters of political, social, methodological, and legal contention; 3) Municipal duty of care and standard of care materials and functions that have, could have, or should have implications for pedestrians; 4) Deaths, injuries, and other costs of burden of care failures that affect pedestrians Results from newspaper searches done more than TEN years ago; 5) Basics of a duty of care/standard of care action? Simple arithmetic test; 6) Burden of care questions that are central to examination for discovery, expert witness reports, and evidence-in-chief and cross-examination activities: 7) Dealing with municipal failure to meet duty of care and standard of care obligations affecting pedestrians Still want to play the legal card? The presentation is concluded by a selection of online materials dealing with various aspects of the duty of care and standard of care parameters examined during the Walking Security Index project, 1995-2002, and subsequent projects. ]]> Tue, 11 Jan 2011 18:16:43 GMT /slideshow/abbottsford-lecture-final/6523714 wellarb@slideshare.net(wellarb) Dealing with Municipal Failure to wellarb Through policies, promises, pronouncements, agreements, advertisements, endorsements, pledges, and related statements, municipal governments endorse, support, exhort, encourage, promote, call for, and otherwise demonstrate a municipal interest in the use by pedestrians of such public transportation facilities as sidewalks, paths, bridges, roads, streets, highways, intersections, and crosswalks. However, during the course of using these facilities, pedestrians may be injured or even killed. The questions arise, therefore, as to: A) Whether failures by municipal governments to meet duty of care or standard of care obligations affecting pedestrians contributed to events causing the injuries or deaths; and B) Whether it may be appropriate to initiate legal action to seek redress. This presentation includes the following materials which may be instructive for pedestrians, pedestrians advocacy groups, and persons acting on behalf of pedestrians, who are giving consideration to playing the legal card: 1) An illustrative list of municipal and provincial documents with a legal aspect pertaining to pedestrians;2) Parameters of burden of care that have been and are matters of political, social, methodological, and legal contention; 3) Municipal duty of care and standard of care materials and functions that have, could have, or should have implications for pedestrians; 4) Deaths, injuries, and other costs of burden of care failures that affect pedestrians Results from newspaper searches done more than TEN years ago; 5) Basics of a duty of care/standard of care action? Simple arithmetic test; 6) Burden of care questions that are central to examination for discovery, expert witness reports, and evidence-in-chief and cross-examination activities: 7) Dealing with municipal failure to meet duty of care and standard of care obligations affecting pedestrians Still want to play the legal card? The presentation is concluded by a selection of online materials dealing with various aspects of the duty of care and standard of care parameters examined during the Walking Security Index project, 1995-2002, and subsequent projects. <img style="border:1px solid #C3E6D8;float:right;" alt="" src="https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ss_thumbnails/abbottsfordlecturefinal-110111181654-phpapp02-thumbnail.jpg?width=120&amp;height=120&amp;fit=bounds" /><br> Through policies, promises, pronouncements, agreements, advertisements, endorsements, pledges, and related statements, municipal governments endorse, support, exhort, encourage, promote, call for, and otherwise demonstrate a municipal interest in the use by pedestrians of such public transportation facilities as sidewalks, paths, bridges, roads, streets, highways, intersections, and crosswalks. However, during the course of using these facilities, pedestrians may be injured or even killed. The questions arise, therefore, as to: A) Whether failures by municipal governments to meet duty of care or standard of care obligations affecting pedestrians contributed to events causing the injuries or deaths; and B) Whether it may be appropriate to initiate legal action to seek redress. This presentation includes the following materials which may be instructive for pedestrians, pedestrians advocacy groups, and persons acting on behalf of pedestrians, who are giving consideration to playing the legal card: 1) An illustrative list of municipal and provincial documents with a legal aspect pertaining to pedestrians;2) Parameters of burden of care that have been and are matters of political, social, methodological, and legal contention; 3) Municipal duty of care and standard of care materials and functions that have, could have, or should have implications for pedestrians; 4) Deaths, injuries, and other costs of burden of care failures that affect pedestrians Results from newspaper searches done more than TEN years ago; 5) Basics of a duty of care/standard of care action? Simple arithmetic test; 6) Burden of care questions that are central to examination for discovery, expert witness reports, and evidence-in-chief and cross-examination activities: 7) Dealing with municipal failure to meet duty of care and standard of care obligations affecting pedestrians Still want to play the legal card? The presentation is concluded by a selection of online materials dealing with various aspects of the duty of care and standard of care parameters examined during the Walking Security Index project, 1995-2002, and subsequent projects.
Dealing with Municipal Failure to from Barry Wellar
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Prior to 2010, the Department of Geography, University of Ottawa, hosted a poster competition among undergraduate and graduate students for GIS Day. In 2010, maps and photographs are added to include additional ways of representing geographic phenomena, and the competition is expanded to combine GIS Day with Geography Awareness Week. To assist in judging the entries, guidelines for evaluating maps, photographs, and posters were prepared by Barry Wellar, Professor Emeritus, University of Ottawa, and Past Chair, Geography Awareness Week, Canadian Association of Geographers. Initial responses to the guidelines by judges, faculty, and students suggest that the guidelines are very effective as a means to efficiently and fairly evaluate large numbers of geography-related exhibits in a short span of time, and are also useful as design frameworks and checklists for course outlines, research projects, publications, and term assignments. ]]>
Prior to 2010, the Department of Geography, University of Ottawa, hosted a poster competition among undergraduate and graduate students for GIS Day. In 2010, maps and photographs are added to include additional ways of representing geographic phenomena, and the competition is expanded to combine GIS Day with Geography Awareness Week. To assist in judging the entries, guidelines for evaluating maps, photographs, and posters were prepared by Barry Wellar, Professor Emeritus, University of Ottawa, and Past Chair, Geography Awareness Week, Canadian Association of Geographers. Initial responses to the guidelines by judges, faculty, and students suggest that the guidelines are very effective as a means to efficiently and fairly evaluate large numbers of geography-related exhibits in a short span of time, and are also useful as design frameworks and checklists for course outlines, research projects, publications, and term assignments. ]]> Sat, 20 Nov 2010 13:32:38 GMT /slideshow/gaw-and-gis-day-2010-comp-criteria/5846312 wellarb@slideshare.net(wellarb) Geography Awareness Week 2010 and GIS Day 2010 Competitions wellarb Prior to 2010, the Department of Geography, University of Ottawa, hosted a poster competition among undergraduate and graduate students for GIS Day. In 2010, maps and photographs are added to include additional ways of representing geographic phenomena, and the competition is expanded to combine GIS Day with Geography Awareness Week. To assist in judging the entries, guidelines for evaluating maps, photographs, and posters were prepared by Barry Wellar, Professor Emeritus, University of Ottawa, and Past Chair, Geography Awareness Week, Canadian Association of Geographers. Initial responses to the guidelines by judges, faculty, and students suggest that the guidelines are very effective as a means to efficiently and fairly evaluate large numbers of geography-related exhibits in a short span of time, and are also useful as design frameworks and checklists for course outlines, research projects, publications, and term assignments. <img style="border:1px solid #C3E6D8;float:right;" alt="" src="https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ss_thumbnails/gawandgisday2010compcriteria-101120133251-phpapp02-thumbnail.jpg?width=120&amp;height=120&amp;fit=bounds" /><br> Prior to 2010, the Department of Geography, University of Ottawa, hosted a poster competition among undergraduate and graduate students for GIS Day. In 2010, maps and photographs are added to include additional ways of representing geographic phenomena, and the competition is expanded to combine GIS Day with Geography Awareness Week. To assist in judging the entries, guidelines for evaluating maps, photographs, and posters were prepared by Barry Wellar, Professor Emeritus, University of Ottawa, and Past Chair, Geography Awareness Week, Canadian Association of Geographers. Initial responses to the guidelines by judges, faculty, and students suggest that the guidelines are very effective as a means to efficiently and fairly evaluate large numbers of geography-related exhibits in a short span of time, and are also useful as design frameworks and checklists for course outlines, research projects, publications, and term assignments.
Geography Awareness Week 2010 and GIS Day 2010 Competitions from Barry Wellar
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