Pipe Dreams

In the world of GIS, this reminds me of a polygon overlay: the roof, the vegetation, and the atmosphere all interacting with each other.

It is over fifty years since I was part of a wave, leaving England to start again with graduate studies in Canada. Later in Nova Scotia, when we were offering advanced diplomas in Scientific Computer Programming in the 1980’s we experienced another wave of students from Poland, Greece and Indonesia, as well as from across Canada.

If we are to address the global climate issues we need to increase the percentage of the population who are familiar with the next generation of geographic technology, and to effectively apply them to our resource management issues.

Can our post-secondary institutions step up to the challenge? They have done so in the not too distant past. Can our governments work with the post-secondary education institutions, as well as the immigration agencies?

Or is this simply a ’pipe dream’?

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Wednesday, Heather and I escaped from the Valley. We met with Brian Arnott and Leslie Wright in Lunenburg. The topic for discussion was Agriculture/ GIS in Annapolis County. While in town,we visited two bookstores. Brian and Leslie kindly loaned us two books (see below). On our return, I received email from AIRO, to reflect on Annapolis County, forty years from now (online Survey Link).

Acknowledgements

Brian and Leslie provided a wonderful Sri Lankan take-out lunch, mixed with great discussion. Edward added graphics from Florida. Heather encouraged the detour along LaHave to Bridgewater, and home.

References.

Lena Lencek and Gideon Bosker, 1998, The Beach: The History of Paradise on Earth, Viking Penguin.

Daniel Stone, 2018, The Food Explorer: The true adventures of the globe-trotting botanist who transformed what America eats, Dutton.