Harvard Returns to Geography

Geographic InformationSystems, Science, Solutions

David MaguireESRI

How long is the coastline of Great Britain?

• Ordnance Survey: 11,072.76 miles • Coast Guard Country File: 11,705.39 miles

Science

Dec 08, 1972

What is a Lake?

Dec 18, 2002

Are lakes always full?

Lake Chad

Science

Geography in the Information Age

• Internet renders distance irrelevant?

• Connecting the virtual and real worlds

• The Economist March 2003 “The Revenge of Geography”

• Globalization• Democratization

– Virtual meetings– Off-shoring

1997

2005

Systems

Ethics of the “Digital Divide”?

Sacramento Flood?

• 1997 $3bn damage• 2006 very high risk

Solutions

Sears Enterprise Applications & Solutions

Customer RequestHome Delivery ORHome Product Repair Mainframe CIS

GIS Based Service Area PlanningSears Enhanced Home

Delivery System (EHDS) Routing forkliftsWarehouse Optimization

Computer Aided Routing System (CARS)

Customer ServiceDelivery Vehicle departs to your

home to Deliver MerchandiseService Technician Departs to your

home for Product Repair

Mobile Mapping

Assign Technicians to work areas

Capacity Area Management System (CAMS)

Nationwide Geocoding and Route Optimization

Geocoding and Route Optimization

Forecasted Demand Available Fleet

ArcObjects

GPS

Mobile Workstation

In-Vehicle Navigation

NationwideGeocoding and Routing

Turn Right on EastWashington Street

Route Management

In-Vehicle Navigation

Solutions

SEARS Product Repair Services ROI

• Overall route productivity increased +0.5 calls completed per day per technician

• Mileage and travel time reduced25% per stop

• Fewer service districts Reduced by 2/3

• Save $millions each year

Solutions

GIS

• Science– Representation and ontology

• Systems– Geography in the Internet Age

• Solutions– Applications and Return on Investment

• Students

Program• Germany: East-West, Bridging the Gap

– Rema Izem, Dept of Statistics, FAS• Space and the City: Modern Chicago

– Robert Sampson, Dept of Sociology, FAS• Climate Consequences

– Daniel Schrag, Dept of Earth & Planetary Sciences, FAS

• Air Pollution at a Border Crossing– John D. Spengler, Dept. of Environmental Health,

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