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Eugene Martin is a Doctoral Candidate of Geographic Information Science at the UW Department of Geography in Seattle, Washington.
Geographic information system (GIS) research interests:
Socio-technical dynamic of organizational development
Natural resources measurement and management
Information ecology, lineage and application
Data quality and metadata
Decision-making
Public participation
Sustainable development
Quote of the week:
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"Prior to its public dissemination, the use of a database
is limited to those involved in the collection of data or
production, and therefore does not provide the opportunity
to contribute broadly to the advancement of scientific knowledge,
technical progress, economic growth, or other applications
beyond those of the immediate group. It is only upon the
distribution of a database that its far-reaching research,
educational, and other socioeconomic values are recognized."
(National Research Council. (1999). A question
of balance: Private rights and the public interest in scientific
and technical databases. Washington, DC: National Academy
Press. p.34)
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What does this mean??
Large
scale landscape management initiatives data hungry environment
with many different stakeholders. Measurements, analyses,
models and negotiations distill what is right, wrong, written
and unspoken. Data circulates through many channels and is
appropriated differently by all data consumers. In this process
almost all maps include data from others' works. Organizations
that share data about a common landscape connect at a technical
level as a 'Data Community'.
Fifteen
years of work with students, clients and research have given
me first hand experience with the magnitude of data and data
sharing in the Puget Sound region. That experience and doctoral
studies are my foundation to the ecology of information in this Data
Community.
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