Biography

Professor Taylor received his M.A. and Ph.D. in Geography from the University of Edinburgh and did postgraduate work at the University of London and Harvard University. Currently he is Distinguished Research Professor of Geography and Environmental Science, and in International Affairs.

Research Interests

Professor Taylor’s main research interests in cartography lie in the application of geomatics to the understanding of socio-economic issues. He also has a strong interest in the theory of cartography and has introduced and developed the new paradigm of cybercartography. His interests in cartography and international development issues are often inter-related. He has extensive field experience in developing nations, especially in Africa, which included a six year period as an education officer in rural Kenya where he completed his Ph.D. thesis on Rural Development in Murang’a District. His research interests in this area include: development studies with special reference to Africa, China and Latin America; regional and rural development theory and practice sustainable development an indigenous development strategies; technology transfer in the field of geomatics; Canada’s international policies in ODA; and technology transfer. Dr. Taylor led a major SSHRC Initiative on the New Economy project entitled “Cybercartography and the New Economy” which included a Cybercartographic Atlas of Antarctica and a cybercartographic product on Canada’s Trade with the World. He was also a collaborator in an InterPARES 2 project which deals with the authentication and preservation of dynamic electronic records. Current research includes the use of Cybercartography to create a series of atlases with Inuit and other aboriginal peoples in Canada’s north.

Recent Publications

 Book Chapters

Pulsifer, P. L., Laidler, G., Taylor, D. R. F., Hayes, A. (in press 2010). Creating an Online Cybercartography Atlas of Indigenous Ice Knowledge and Use. In Igor Krupnik, Claudio Aporta, Shari Gearheard, Lene Kielsen Holm and Gita Laidler (eds.). SIKU: Arctic Residents Document Sea Ica and Climate Change (International Polar Year Project #166). Springer, Berlin., 235-260.

Lauriault, T.P., Pulsifer, P.L. and Taylor, D.R.F., 2009 (forthcoming). The preservation and archiving of geospatial digital data: challenges and opportunities for cartographers. In Jobst, ed. Archiving in digital cartography and geoinformation. Berlin: Springer.

Taylor, D. R. F., forthcoming. Global Map: International Cooperation in the Mapping Sciences in Sinha, E. A., Gundersen, L., Jackson, I, Arctur, D. K. (eds). Societal Challenges and Geoinformatics, Geological Society of America Press.

Pulsifer, P. L., Hayes, A., Fiset, J-P., Taylor, D. R. Fraser, 2008. An Open Source Development Framework in Support of Cartographic Integration in Peterson, M. (ed.). International Perspectives on Maps and the Internet, Berlin Heidelberg: Springer, 2008, pp. 165-183.

Lauriault, T.P.; Taylor, D. R. F.; Pulsifer, P. L., 2008. Will Today’s Maps be Available Tomorrow: How Action Research is Leading to the Preservation of the Cybercartographic Atlas of Antarctica..In Peterson M. (ed.) International Perspectives on Maps and the Internet, Berlin Heidelberg :Springer, 2008, 417-437.

Lauriault, T.P. and Taylor, D.R.F., 2007. Geospatial Data Infrastructure for Sustainable Development in East Timor, in Research and Theory in Advancing Data Spatial Infrastructures Concepts, Harlan Onsrud  (ed.), ESRI, 175-199.
Edited Special Issues of Scholarly Journals

Yang, C., Nebert, D., Taylor, D. R. F.  (guest editors). 2010 forthcoming. Special Issues on Geospatial Cyberinfrastructures and Polar Science, Computer and Geosciences.

Aporta, A., Laidler, G. and Taylor, D.R.F.(guest eds.), 2010 forthcoming. Special Issue of the Canadian Geographer on the Inuit Use of Sea Ice, 54 (3).

Caquard, S. and Taylor, D. R. F. (guest eds.), 2009. Special Issue of the British Cartographic Journal entitled Cinematic Cartography, 46 (1) Also online at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/maney/caj/latest, accessed April 23, 2009.
Book Chapters

Pulsifer, P. L., Laidler, G., Taylor, D. R. F., Hayes, A. (in press 2010). Creating an Online Cybercartography Atlas of Indigenous Ice Knowledge and Use. In Igor Krupnik, Claudio Aporta, Shari Gearheard, Lene Kielsen Holm and Gita Laidler (eds.). SIKU: Arctic Residents Document Sea Ica and Climate Change (International Polar Year Project #166). Springer, Berlin., 235-260.

Lauriault, T.P., Pulsifer, P.L. and Taylor, D.R.F., 2009 (forthcoming). The preservation and archiving of geospatial digital data: challenges and opportunities for cartographers. In Jobst, ed. Archiving in digital cartography and geoinformation. Berlin: Springer.

Taylor, D. R. F., forthcoming. Global Map: International Cooperation in the Mapping Sciences in Sinha, E. A., Gundersen, L., Jackson, I, Arctur, D. K. (eds). Societal Challenges and Geoinformatics, Geological Society of America Press.

Pulsifer, P. L., Hayes, A., Fiset, J-P., Taylor, D. R. Fraser, 2008. An Open Source Development Framework in Support of Cartographic Integration in Peterson, M. (ed.). International Perspectives on Maps and the Internet, Berlin Heidelberg: Springer, 2008, pp. 165-183.

Lauriault, T.P.; Taylor, D. R. F.; Pulsifer, P. L., 2008. Will Today’s Maps be Available Tomorrow: How Action Research is Leading to the Preservation of the Cybercartographic Atlas of Antarctica..In Peterson M. (ed.) International Perspectives on Maps and the Internet, Berlin Heidelberg :Springer, 2008, 417-437.

Lauriault, T.P. and Taylor, D.R.F., 2007. Geospatial Data Infrastructure for Sustainable Development in East Timor, in Research and Theory in Advancing Data Spatial Infrastructures Concepts, Harlan Onsrud  (ed.), ESRI, 175-199.

Articles in Conference Proceedings

Taylor, D. R. F., 2010. Access to and Interoperability of Geospatial Data. Presentation to CentroGEO and INEGI, Mexico City, January 20. CD-ROM.

Taylor, D.R.F., 2009. A Tool for Natural Disaster Mitigation for Asia and Pacific Regions, Presentation to United Nations Regional Cartographic Conference for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, October, 26. E/CONF.100/IP.2, pp. 11.

Lauriault, T. P. and Taylor, D. R. F. (2009). Pilot Cybercartographic Atlas of the Risk of Homelessness, City of Ottawa, September 1.

Taylor, D. R. F., 2009. Global Mapping: A tool for natural disaster mitigation. United Nations Regional Cartographic Conference for the Americas (UNRCC), New York, August 10-14. E/CONF.99/IP.7, 11 p.

Pulsifer, Peter L., Nickels, Scot(2), Tomlinson, Scott,  Laidler, Gita, Aporta, Claudio, Taylor, D.R. Fraser,  Hayes, Amos, (2009). Documenting Inuit Knowledge Using Distributed Information and Multimedia Interfaces: Knowledge Preservation and Sharing through Partnership. Presentation by Peter L. Pulsifer to GeoNorth 2009 Conference, Fairbanks, Alaska, 4 – 6 August.

Pulsifer, P. L., Laidler, G, Taylor, D. R. F. and Hayes 2008). A Representing Inuit Sea Ice Knowledge and Use for Education and Outreach: Creating an IPY Legacy Using Emerging Data Management Strategies., Arctic Change, Quebec City.

Taylor, D. R. F., 2 008. Maps, Mapping and Society: Some Recent Developments, Global Map Forum 2008, United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan. GSI Japan: CD-ROM.

Pulsifer, P. L., Laidler, G, Taylor, D. R. F. and Hayes, A Geospatial Data as a Public Commodity, Proceedings of Map Middle East, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, April 8-10, 2008, CD-ROM.

Taylor, D. R. F., 2008. Global Map Specifications, presentation to GSDI-10 Conference, Trinidad, February 25,  CD-ROM.

Taylor, D. R. F., 2007. Report of the Chair, Report of the 14th Meeting of the International Steering Committee of Global Mapping, Cambridge, UK, 2007, Japan: Secretariat of International Steering Committee for Global Mapping, 9-12.

Taylor, D. R. F., 2007. The Potential Contribution of Global Map to OneGeology and Other Geological Initiatives at Smaller Scales, OneGeology Workshop. Brighton, UK: British Geological Survey, CD-ROM.

Taylor, D. R. F., 2007. The Global Map Experience: Some Lessons for OneGeology, OneGeology Workshop, Brighton, UK, British Geological Survey, CD-ROM.

Pulsifer, P.; Hayes, Amos; Fiset, J.P, and Taylor, D. R. F. (2007).  An Education Outreach Atlas Based on Geospatial Infrastructures: Lessons Learned from the Development of an On-Line Polar Atlas. IPY GeoNorth 2007 conference in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, CD-ROM.

Taylor, D. R. F., 2007. Archiving and Preserving Cartographic Data: The Cybercartographic Atlas of Antarctica. Presentation to ICC2007 (conference of the International Cartographic Association), Moscow, CD-ROM.

Taylor, D.R. F., 2007. Progress in the Creation of an Operational Global Spatial Data Infrastructure: The Global Map Experience, Presentation to International Cartographic Association’s XXIII International Cartographic Conference, CD-ROM.

Taylor, D. R. F., 2007. The Preservation and Archiving of Digital Data. Presentation to the Cambridge Conference, Cambridge, UK, July 2007, CD-ROM.

Other Publications

Jackson, M.J;, D.; and Taylor, D. R. F., 2009 forthcoming. Reinventing NSDI in India: A Place-based Technological Strategy to Respond to India’s Needs, Geospatial Today Market Report 2009, November, 124-127.

Jackson, M., Schell, D., and Taylor, D. R. F., 2009. The Evolution of Geospatial Technology Calls for Changes in Geospatial Research, Education and Government Management, Top story in  Directions Magazine, April 6,2009. http://www.directionsmag.com/author.php?author_id=568, accessed April 13, 2009.

Taylor, D.R.F., 2 008. Global Map Specifications, article in Outreach Newsletter for ISO/TC 211, 2008.
Schell, D. and Taylor, D.R.F., 2008. The Science of  Interoperability. Coordinates, Vol. 4,  Issue 3, March, 18-20.

Taylor,D.R.F., 2007. The Global Map Experience: Progress in the creation of an operational Global Spatial Data Infrastructure, in Coordinates (the monthly magazine positioning, navigation and beyond), 3(9), September, 2007, 28-29.

Taylor, D.R.F., 2007. Spatial Data Infrastructure:  Implications for Sovereignty in the Canadian Arctic, Peter L. Pulsifer and D. R. F.  Taylor, Meridian, (newsletter of the Canadian Polar Commission), Spring/Summer 1-5 (in both English and French).

Administrative Responsibilities

• Director, Geomatics and Cartographic Research Unit

Memberships

• Currently member of the CODATA Task Group on Preservation and Access to Scientific and Technical Data in Developing Countries; Chair, International Steering Committee for Global Mapping; Board Member, OGC (Open Geospatial Consortium) Interoperability Institute; Member, Committee for Geospatial Information, Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research; Member of the Joint Board of the Geospatial Information Societies; and member of the Canadian Committee for CODATA.
• Secretary-Treasurer of the Canadian Association of African Studies for fifteen years and served two term as President of the Canadian Cartographic Association. Also served on the Canadian Commission for UNESCO and member of the editorial boards for several learned journals. Vice President of the International Cartographic Association (ICA) from 1984-97, President from 1987-1995 and Past President in 1996. Also held the position of President of the International Union for Surveys and Mapping from 1989 to 1993.
• Member of the GEOSS Task Force on Date Sharing
• Member of Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Global Advisory Council

Awards/Honours

2010 Presented with Distinguished Service Award by the Canadian Association of African Studies, May.

2009  Received Certificate of Appreciation from ICSU (International Council for Science and WM (World Meteorological Association) for valuable contributions that have Helped Make IPY 2007-2008 a success.

2008 Elected Fellow to the Social Sciences Division of the Academy of Social Sciences of the Royal Society of Canada.

2008 Certificate of Recognition and Appreciation for Contributions to the Development of Geomatics in Mexico presented by Centro de Investigacion en Geografia y Geomatics “Ing. Jorge L. Tamayo”, A.C., CONACYT, Mexico City, 2008

1988 Honorary Life Membership, Canadian Association of African Studies

 

 Recent Graduate Supervisions

Sophia Miah, completed 2009 (Geography) “Improving Standards in Bahamian High Schools: Using Geographic Information Systems as a Pedagogical Tool

Wilson, Emily, M.A. 2006. Gendered Geographies and Participatory Processes – Mapping Natural Resource Use with Wapichan Women in Southern Guyana

Zhou, Yuchai , M.A. 2005. Modeling and Visualizing Metadata for Geo-referenced Multimedia Data in a Geospatial Web Portal – Case Study for the Cybercartography and New Economy Project.

Liu, Xiuxia, M.A. 2005. The Object-oriented Approach to Geographic Data Modeling for Spatial Data Integration.

Woods, Birgit , M.A. 2005. Geo-Viisualization for Geo-science Education.

Moffatt, Fraser , M.A. 2005. Crime Potential Modelling: A GIS Based Method Using Weights-of-Evidence

Neil, Ross. M.A. 2005. Securing the Earth: Contested Discourses of an Earth Observation Industry

Kralidis, Tom, M.A. 2005. The National Atlas of Canada

Metzger, Olivia, M.A. 2003. Involving Shareholders at Nature Tourism Sites: The Case Study of St. Vincent’s Tour Operators

Lauriault, Tracey, M.A. 2003., Spatial Data Infrastructures and Developing Nations

Baulch, Samantha, M.A. 2003.Using an Online Course to Foster GIS Knowledge in High School Students.

Fortin, Anik , M.A. 2003. Mapping for a visually impaired audience: A case study on the legibility and cognition of tactile maps for education.

Li Yu , M.A. 2002. Putting Maps Online: Exploring a Web-Based Information System By a Case study of Online Ottawa Housing Atlas

Pulsifer, Peter L., Ph.D. (May 2008) (thesis – Geography). An Ontological Exploration of Antarctic Environmental Governance:  Towards a Model for Geographic Information Mediation

Mansy, Tamer, Ph.D. (2008) (thesis-Geography). The Role of Local People and Indigenous Knowledge in the Implementation of a Participatory Development Approach in Siwa Oasis, Egypt

Eddy, Brian, Ph.D. 2006. The Use of Maps and Map Metaphors for Integration in Geography: A Case Study in Mapping Indicators of Sustainability and Wellbeing.

Campbell, Michael, Ph.D. 2002. The Assessment of Biogeographical Change in the Western Greenbelt of Ottawa Using Geomatics.