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The categories where are open in order to be a candidate for the 2015 Prize for the Outstanding Master’s Thesis in Cartography, Geodesy
and/or Geographic Information must clearly fit in at least one of the following:
A – Categories included in the International Cartographic Association Research Agenda.
A.1- Geographic information.
A.2- Metadata and SDIs.
A.3- Geospatial analysis and modelling.
A.4- Usability.
A.5- Geovisualization and visual analytics.
A.6- Map production.
A.7- Cartographic theory.
A.8- History of cartography and GI science.
A.9- Education.
A.10- Society.
Source:
http://icaci.org/files/documents/reference_docs/2009_ICA_ResearchAgenda.pdf
B- Categories included in the AAG Geographic Information Science and Technology - Body of Knowledge.
B.1- Analytical methods.
B.2- Conceptual foundations.
B.3- Cartography and visualization.
B.4- Design aspects.
B.5- Data modeling.
B.6- Data manipulation.
B.7- Geocomputation.
B.8- Geospatial data.
B.9- GIS&T and society.
B.10- Organizational and institutional aspects.
Source:
http://www.aag.org/galleries/publications-files/GIST_Body_of_Knowledge.pdf
C- Categories included in the SIRGAS Research Agenda.
C.1- High-precision reference frame maintenance.
C.2- Real-time reference frame availability.
C.3- Establishment of the vertical reference frame associated with Earth's gravity field.
C.4- Geodetic study of geophysical phenomena.
Source:
SIRGAS Research Agenda.
D- Others.
D.1- Other categories which the author believes that are not properly considered before, but in his opinion
should fit under the umbrella of Geographic Information.
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