Babs Buttenfield presented the opening keynote address this morning at the USGS Center for Excellence in Geospatial Science (CEGIS) Annual Research Conference in Rolla Missouri.听The title of her talk was "The Trouble with Geospatial Science: Unsolved Problems, Unresolved Obstacles".
The CEGIS vision is to conduct, lead, and influence the research and innovative solutions required by the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) and the emerging GeoSpatial and GeoSemantic Web. CEGIS is a virtual organization with Federal and academic affiliate scientists conducting research in support of听The National Map听and the听Three-Dimensional Elevation Program (3DEP).
The U.S. Geological Survey Center of Excellence for Geospatial Information Science (CEGIS) was created in 2006 and since that time has provided research primarily in support of听The National Map. The presentations and publications of the CEGIS researchers document the research accomplishments that include advances in electronic topographic map design, generalization, data integration, map projections, sea level rise modeling, geospatial semantics, ontology, user-centered design, volunteer geographic听information, and parallel and grid computing for geospatial data from听The National Map. A research plan spanning 2013鈥�18 has been developed extending the accomplishments of the CEGIS researchers and documenting new research areas that are anticipated to support听The National Map听of the future. In addition to extending the 2006鈥�12 research areas, the CEGIS research plan for 2013鈥�18 includes new research areas in data models, geospatial semantics, high-performance computing, volunteered geographic information, crowdsourcing, social media, data integration, and multiscale representations to support the Three-Dimensional Elevation Program (3DEP) and听The National Map听of the future of the U.S. Geological Survey.