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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
Specialist Meeting on Spatial Concepts in GIS and Design Santa Barbara, California
“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
Every organization does three things …
DATA DESIGN ANALYSIS Get & Manage Analyze & Assess Create or Recreate Get & Manage Information Analyze & Assess Information Create or Recreate Goods &/or Services
Context for Design
Expanding our educational system ...
Information
Truth
Critical Thinking
Analysis
Responsible Creating
Envision
DATA DESIGN ANALYSIS
Truth Understanding Values Analysis Assessment Knowledge Envision Design Instantiate
Liberal Arts and Sciences Design Schools g
Planning Landscape Architecture Architecture Engineering
Context for Design
Expanding our geo-spatial technology …
DATA DESIGN ANALYSIS Manage Geo-Spatial Analyze Geo-Spatial Create or Recreate Geo Spatial g p Information y p Information Geo-Spatial Goods &/or Services
Geodatabase Geo-Design Geoprocessing
Context for Design
DATA DESIGN ANALYSIS DATA DESIGN ANALYSIS Get & Manage Information Analyze & Assess Information Create or Recreate Goods &/or Services
Organizations
Responsible Creating Information Critical Thinking Information Information Goods &/or Services Responsible Creating
Envision Design Instantiate
Information
Truth Understanding Values
Critical Thinking
Analysis Assessment Knowledge
Academia
Geo-Spatial Design “Geo-Design” Manage Geo-Spatial Information Analyze Geo-Spatial Information
GIS Technology
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
Design is the process of originating and developing a plan for a product, structure, system or component with intention.
… Charles Eames
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… Wikipedia
D i i th ti iti Design is aesthetic composition.
… design student
The Definition of Design Design is a bridge between the abstraction of research and the tangible requirement of real life.
Glen Lowery
Design is applied imagination.
… Glen Lowery … 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
verb vs. insight intuition process vs. d t preceding during ft imagination to ibl lit physical temporal t l noun reason synthesis product after sensible reality conceptual relational complex
The Purpose of Design
affirm enable i t assist as opposed to dictate
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
from imagination to rendition with zero impedance
maps, 3D views, animations, charts, reports
h fl ( d i ) d f ll d l d
Rapid Iteration
The Nature of Design
not ungrounded
vs inductive and deductive
lateral / holistic / multidisciplinary ate a /
u t d sc p a y
users / stake holders / implementers
The Nature of Design
synchronous / asynchronous
share / distributed
design management
The Definition of Geo-Spatial Design
verb insight intuition process preceding vs. noun reason synthesis p vs. product p g during after
imagination to sensible reality physical temporal conceptual 3D geographic space relational complex p
Unique Aspects of Geo-Spatial Design
context / content
context / content / relationships
2D / 3D
2D / 3D / 4D 2D / 3D / 4D
The Purpose of Geo-Spatial Design
affirm enable i t assist as opposed to dictate
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 landscape to geo-scape … Moving beyond landscape to geo scape …
land + water b l + f + b below + surface + above physical + biological + social + economic
Regional Geo-Scape
Envision Central Texas
Global Geo-Scape
Urban Geo-Scape
Geo-Design
below/on/above the geo-surface g
physical, temporal, conceptual l ti l l relational, complex
layers surfaces fields meshes layers, surfaces, fields, meshes events, agents
Geo-Design
context, content, relationships
assessment, simulation, comparison
drawings, maps, scenes, movies
static, interactive
Geo-Design
Geo-Design
Geo-Design
Geo-Spatial Design
“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