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
- Ph.D., Geography, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, 19692
- B.A., Physics, Downing College, Cambridge, Cambridge, England, 19653
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 in Banff National Park 20 kilometers long, the longest cave in Canada).4 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
- Fellow of the British Academy, 2010-5
- Foreign Member of the Royal Society, 2010-6
- Researcher of the Year, University Consortium for Geographic Information Science, 2010;7
- Prix Vautrin Lud, St Dié-des-Vosges, France, 2007;
- Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2006–;
- Honorary Doctor of Laws, Ryerson University, 2004;
- Honorary Doctor of Science, McMaster University, 2004;
- Professor, Wuhan University, 2003–;
- Faculty Research Lecturer, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2003;
- Founder's Medal, Royal Geographical Society, 2003;
- Educator of the Year, University Consortium for Geographic Information Science, 2002;
- Foreign Fellow, Royal Society of Canada, 2002–;
- Member, National Academy of Sciences, 2002–;
- National Associate of the National Academies, 2001–;
- Lifetime Achievement Award, Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI), 2001;
- Honorary Doctor of Science, Keele University, 2001;
- Award of Distinction for Exceptional Scholarly Contributions to Cartography, Canadian Cartographic Association, 1999;
- Honorary Doctor of Science, Université Laval, 1999.
See also
- Alexander Stewart Fotheringham – British-American geographerPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
- Arthur Getis – American geographer and spatial statistician
- Concepts and Techniques in Modern Geography – Series of geography texts, 1975–1996
- George F. Jenks – American geographer and cartographer
- Michael DeMers – American geographer and fiction writer
- Technical geography – Study of spatial information
- Quantitative geography – Subfield of geographic methods
- Qualitative geography – Subfield of geographic methods
- Waldo Tobler – American geographerPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
External links
References
"Curriculum Vitae". UCSB Department of Geography. Retrieved 24 February 2015. http://www.geog.ucsb.edu/~good/Goodchild-CV.html ↩
"Curriculum Vitae". UCSB Department of Geography. Retrieved 24 February 2015. http://www.geog.ucsb.edu/~good/Goodchild-CV.html ↩
"Curriculum Vitae". UCSB Department of Geography. Retrieved 24 February 2015. http://www.geog.ucsb.edu/~good/Goodchild-CV.html ↩
Ford, Derek; Beynen, Philip Van (24 January 2008). "Derek Ford oral history interview with Dr. Philip Van Beynen, January 24, 2008". Environmental Sustainability Oral Histories. https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/tles_oh/6/ ↩
"British Academy Fellows, Record for: GOODCHILD, Professor Michael". British Academy. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303165247/http://www.britac.ac.uk/fellowship/directory/cor.cfm?member=6577 ↩
"Foreign Members". Royal Society. Retrieved 20 March 2012. http://royalsociety.org/about-us/fellowship/foreign-members/ ↩
"Research Award". UCGIS. Retrieved 16 June 2012. http://www.ucgis.org/summer2010/researchaward.htm ↩