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Michael Frank Goodchild
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<h2 id="education">Education</h2> <ul><li>Ph.D., Geography, <a href="/facts/McMaster_University/XmAxtS9z">McMaster University</a>, Hamilton, Ontario, 1969<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></li> <li>B.A., Physics, <a href="/facts/Downing_College%2c_Cambridge/L76dLIa7">Downing College, Cambridge</a>, Cambridge, England, 1965<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="scholarship">Scholarship</h2> <p>His most influential work has involved research on <a href="/facts/Geographic_Information_Science/tcKLAvuw">Geographic Information Science</a> (aka GIS). He is widely credited with coining "<a href="/facts/Volunteered_Geographic_Information/9GQu5hJT">Volunteered Geographic Information</a>" and is considered the world's foremost expert on the topic. </p> <h2 id="caves-and-karst">Caves and karst</h2> <p>As a doctoral student at <a href="/facts/McMaster_University/XmAxtS9z">McMaster University</a>, Goodchild rediscovered <a href="/facts/Castleguard_Cave/SgV41pLz">Castleguard Cave</a> in <a href="/facts/Banff_National_Park/Ig15dblh">Banff National Park</a> 20 kilometers long, the longest <a href="/facts/Cave/SNfJTJtM">cave</a> in <a href="/facts/Canada/D5P9yqs6">Canada</a>).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> His student <a href="/facts/John_Alan_Glennon/ty4r3DAf">Alan Glennon</a> discovered an entrance and made significant discoveries to the <a href="/facts/Martin_Ridge_Cave_System/9uvs8eFs">Martin Ridge Cave System</a>, <a href="/facts/Kentucky/DaTW05Rt">Kentucky</a> (51.8 kilometers long). Goodchild's dissertation advisor, Derek C. Ford, is a Canadian geomorphologist and <a href="/facts/Karst/IzJYhjVN">karst</a> scientist. </p> <h2 id="honors">Honors</h2> <ul><li>Fellow of the <a href="/facts/British_Academy/RtbyQVwB">British Academy</a>, 2010-<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Foreign_Member_of_the_Royal_Society/cWs8TdC5">Foreign Member of the Royal Society</a>, 2010-<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></li> <li>Researcher of the Year, <a href="/facts/University_Consortium_for_Geographic_Information_Science/DGXcyNQ8">University Consortium for Geographic Information Science</a>, 2010;<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Prix_Vautrin_Lud/u9oPYRmt">Prix Vautrin Lud</a>, St Dié-des-Vosges, <a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3">France</a>, 2007;</li> <li>Member, <a href="/facts/American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences/KptWYgz4">American Academy of Arts and Sciences</a>, 2006–;</li> <li>Honorary Doctor of Laws, <a href="/facts/Toronto_Metropolitan_University/IkGwGoH0">Ryerson University</a>, 2004;</li> <li>Honorary Doctor of Science, <a href="/facts/McMaster_University/XmAxtS9z">McMaster University</a>, 2004;</li> <li>Professor, <a href="/facts/Wuhan_University/WYURh1Ju">Wuhan University</a>, 2003–;</li> <li>Faculty Research Lecturer, <a href="/facts/University_of_California%2c_Santa_Barbara/G7UvBWlK">University of California, Santa Barbara</a>, 2003;</li> <li><a href="/facts/Founder%2527s_Medal/HenNygEF">Founder's Medal</a>, <a href="/facts/Royal_Geographical_Society/hqVnM4Ln">Royal Geographical Society</a>, 2003;</li> <li>Educator of the Year, University Consortium for Geographic Information Science, 2002;</li> <li>Foreign Fellow, <a href="/facts/Royal_Society_of_Canada/betD1djj">Royal Society of Canada</a>, 2002–;</li> <li>Member, <a href="/facts/United_States_National_Academy_of_Sciences/M3oePVeG">National Academy of Sciences</a>, 2002–;</li> <li>National Associate of the <a href="/facts/National_Academies/IezwTm4l">National Academies</a>, 2001–;</li> <li>Lifetime Achievement Award, Environmental Systems Research Institute (<a href="/facts/Environmental_Systems_Research_Institute/FP8cJykD">ESRI</a>), 2001;</li> <li>Honorary Doctor of Science, <a href="/facts/Keele_University/3JumIoNJ">Keele University</a>, 2001;</li> <li>Award of Distinction for Exceptional Scholarly Contributions to Cartography, <a href="/facts/Canadian_Cartographic_Association/q26rtIX5">Canadian Cartographic Association</a>, 1999;</li> <li>Honorary Doctor of Science, <a href="/facts/Universit%25C3%25A9_Laval/4G2YvXkh">Université Laval</a>, 1999.</li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Alexander_Stewart_Fotheringham/qDyuaexu">Alexander Stewart Fotheringham</a> – British-American geographerPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets</li> <li><a href="/facts/Arthur_Getis/GyMkCIMw">Arthur Getis</a> – American geographer and spatial statistician</li> <li><a href="/facts/Concepts_and_Techniques_in_Modern_Geography/Rc5SaJa7">Concepts and Techniques in Modern Geography</a> – Series of geography texts, 1975–1996</li> <li><a href="/facts/George_F._Jenks/PKfL2Bdl">George F. Jenks</a> – American geographer and cartographer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Michael_DeMers/QlzHQ1kw">Michael DeMers</a> – American geographer and fiction writer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Technical_geography/a7zQvPql">Technical geography</a> – Study of spatial information <ul><li><a href="/facts/Quantitative_geography/FPkSga8k">Quantitative geography</a> – Subfield of geographic methods</li> <li><a href="/facts/Qualitative_geography/jLWu9V8v">Qualitative geography</a> – Subfield of geographic methods</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/Waldo_Tobler/uxwYgfSA">Waldo Tobler</a> – American geographerPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.geog.ucsb.edu/~good">Mike Goodchild's homepage</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Curriculum Vitae". UCSB Department of Geography. Retrieved 24 February 2015. <a href="http://www.geog.ucsb.edu/~good/Goodchild-CV.html" target="_blank">http://www.geog.ucsb.edu/~good/Goodchild-CV.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Curriculum Vitae". UCSB Department of Geography. Retrieved 24 February 2015. <a href="http://www.geog.ucsb.edu/~good/Goodchild-CV.html" target="_blank">http://www.geog.ucsb.edu/~good/Goodchild-CV.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Curriculum Vitae". UCSB Department of Geography. Retrieved 24 February 2015. <a href="http://www.geog.ucsb.edu/~good/Goodchild-CV.html" target="_blank">http://www.geog.ucsb.edu/~good/Goodchild-CV.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>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. <a href="https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/tles_oh/6/" target="_blank">https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/tles_oh/6/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"British Academy Fellows, Record for: GOODCHILD, Professor Michael". British Academy. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2015. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160303165247/http://www.britac.ac.uk/fellowship/directory/cor.cfm?member=6577" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20160303165247/http://www.britac.ac.uk/fellowship/directory/cor.cfm?member=6577</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Foreign Members". Royal Society. Retrieved 20 March 2012. <a href="http://royalsociety.org/about-us/fellowship/foreign-members/" target="_blank">http://royalsociety.org/about-us/fellowship/foreign-members/</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"Research Award". UCGIS. Retrieved 16 June 2012. <a href="http://www.ucgis.org/summer2010/researchaward.htm" target="_blank">http://www.ucgis.org/summer2010/researchaward.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>