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Mike Goodchild
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Michael Frank Goodchild in 2017.
Born (1944-02-24) February 24, 1944 (age 80)
Education University of Cambridge
McMaster University
Scientific career
Institutions University of Western Ontario
University of California, Santa Barbara
University of Washington
Arizona State University
Thesis The Generation of Small Scale Relief Features of Eroded Limestone: A Study of Erosional Scallops (1969)
Doctoral advisor Derek C. Ford
Doctoral students Alan Glennon

Michael Frank Goodchild (born February 24, 1944) is a British-American geographer. He is an Emeritus Professor of Geography at the University of California, Santa Barbara. After nineteen years at the University of Western Ontario, including three years as chair, he moved to Santa Barbara in 1988, as part of the establishment of the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis, which he directed for over 20 years. In 2008, he founded the UCSB Center for Spatial Studies.

Education

Scholarship

His most influential work has involved research on Geographic Information Science (aka GIS). He is widely credited with coining "Volunteered Geographic Information" and is considered the world's foremost expert on the topic.

Caves and karst

As a doctoral student at McMaster University, Goodchild rediscovered Castleguard Cave (20 kilometers long, the longest cave in Canada). His student Alan Glennon discovered an entrance and made significant discoveries to the Martin Ridge Cave System, Kentucky (51.8 kilometers long). Goodchild's dissertation advisor, Derek C. Ford, is a Canadian geomorphologist and karst scientist.

Honors

See also

  • Alexander Stewart Fotheringham
  • Arthur Getis
  • Concepts and Techniques in Modern Geography
  • George F. Jenks
  • Michael DeMers
  • Technical geography
    • Quantitative geography
    • Qualitative geography
  • Waldo Tobler
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