Specialist Meeting on Spatial Concepts in GIS and Design Santa Barbara, California Geo-Spatial Design p g “Creativity is the synapse between two normally disassociated matrices of thought.” g … Arthur Koestler William R. Miller William R. Miller Environmental Systems Research Institute December 2008
Summary Context for Design Definition and Purpose of Design The Nature of Design: What makes it unique? Geo-Spatial Design
Context for Design Every organization does three things … DATA ANALYSIS DESIGN Get & Manage Get & Manage Analyze & Assess Analyze & Assess Create or Recreate Create or Recreate Information Information Goods &/or Services
Context for Design Expanding our educational system ... DATA ANALYSIS DESIGN Information Critical Thinking Responsible Creating Truth Truth Analysis Analysis Envision Envision Understanding Assessment Design Values Knowledge Instantiate Liberal Arts and Sciences Design Schools g Planning Landscape Architecture Architecture Engineering
Context for Design Expanding our geo-spatial technology … DATA ANALYSIS DESIGN Create or Recreate Manage Geo-Spatial g p Analyze Geo-Spatial y p Geo Spatial Geo-Spatial Information Information Goods &/or Services Geodatabase Geoprocessing Geo-Design
Context for Design DATA DATA ANALYSIS ANALYSIS DESIGN DESIGN Get & Manage Analyze & Assess Create or Recreate Organizations Information Information Information Information Goods &/or Services Goods &/or Services Information Information Critical Thinking Critical Thinking Responsible Creating Responsible Creating Academia Truth Analysis Envision Understanding Assessment Design Values Knowledge Instantiate Manage Geo-Spatial Analyze Geo-Spatial Geo-Spatial Design GIS Technology Information Information “Geo-Design”
The Definition of Design Design is a plan for arranging elements in a such a way as to best accomplish a particular purpose. … Charles Eames Charles Eames Design is the process of originating and developing a plan for a product, structure, system or component with intention. , y p … Wikipedia D Design is aesthetic composition . i i th ti iti … design student
The Definition of Design Design is a bridge between the abstraction of research and the tangible requirement of real life. … Glen Lowery Glen Lowery Design is applied imagination. … Gavin Heaton Everyone designs who devises courses of action aimed at changing Everyone designs who devises courses of action aimed at changing existing situations into preferred ones. … Herbert Simon
The Definition of Design Design is the thought process comprising the creation of an entity. verb insight process preceding imagination physical vs. intuition vs. during to temporal noun reason product d t after ft sensible reality ibl lit conceptual t l synthesis relational complex
The Purpose of Design affirm enable assist i t as opposed to dictate The purpose of design is to facilitate life. Who’s life? Which species? extent (in time and space) If a design facilitates life ... it is good If it inhibits life ... it is bad If it does neither ... It is neutral
The Nature of Design What makes design unique? What makes design unique? Imagination from imagination to rendition with zero impedance Visualization maps, 3D views, animations, charts, reports Assessment on the fly (as we design) and fully developed reports h fl ( d i ) d f ll d l d Rapid Iteration
The Nature of Design Design Thinking Design Thinking Unstructured not ungrounded Abductive vs inductive and deductive vs. inductive and deductive Integrative lateral / holistic / multidisciplinary ate a / o st c / u t d sc p a y Empathetic users / stake holders / implementers
The Nature of Design Collaborative Time Time synchronous / asynchronous Space p share / distributed Structure design management
The Definition of Geo-Spatial Design insight p preceding g verb intuition process p vs. reason vs. during noun synthesis product after Geo-spatial design is the thought process comprising the creation of entities in geographic space. imagination physical 3D to temporal geographic sensible reality conceptual space p relational complex
Unique Aspects of Geo-Spatial Design What makes geo-spatial design unique? 2D/3D/4D Geo-Reference System 2D/3D/4D Geo-Reference System context / content Attribute Management g context / content / relationships Topology 2D / 3D Geo-Spatial Analysis 2D / 3D / 4D 2D / 3D / 4D
The Purpose of Geo-Spatial Design affirm enable assist i t as opposed to dictate The purpose of geo-spatial design is to facilitate life in our geo-scape. open ? self organizing feedback If a design facilitates life ... it is good If it inhibits life ... it is bad If it does neither ... It is neutral
Geo-Scape Moving beyond landscap e to geo-scape … Moving beyond landscap e to geo scape … Geo scape is the planet’s life Geo-scape is the planet’s life-zone. one land + water b l below + surface + above + f + b physical + biological + social + economic
Regional Geo-Scape Envision Central Texas
Global Geo-Scape
Urban Geo-Scape
Geo-Design Conceptual Framework p 2D/3D/4D Environment below/on/above the geo-surface g Geo-Spatial Entities physical, temporal, conceptual relational, complex l ti l l Geo-Spatial Features layers surfaces fields meshes layers, surfaces, fields, meshes events, agents
Geo-Design Geo-Design System Framework ontology, workflow, user interface Creation Tools context, content, relationships Analysis Tools A l i T l assessment, simulation, comparison Visualization Tools Visualization Tools drawings, maps, scenes, movies Reporting Tools Reporting Tools static, interactive
Geo-Design Challenge #1 Develop a comprehensive understanding of geo-design and then work together to translate that g g g understanding into a shared vision.
Geo-Design Challenge #2 Develop an appropriate (design centric) GIS technology and apply that technology to a wide variety pp y gy y of geo-spatial design problems.
Geo-Design Challenge #3 Work together to establish a new profession of geo-design, both in practice and academia. p
Geo-Spatial Design Thank you “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” … Buckminster Fuller William R. Miller William R. Miller Environmental Systems Research Institute bill_miller@esri.com
Regional Geo-Scape
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