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School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management

7 Billion and Counting

Dr Jonathan CorcoranFrancisco Rowe

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START 11:00PM

• Part 1 – Background (40 minutes)

• Part 2 – GPS’ing (20 minutes)

LUNCH (12 to 12:30PM)

• Part 3 – Debrief (40 minutes)

• Part 4 – Wrap-up (20 minutes)

FINISH 1:50PM

The session

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What will I learn?

• Global Positioning System (GPS) technologies.

• Understand the role GPS for understanding human mobility.

• Issues & dilemmas of tracking technologies

• Map reading!

The session

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The Census (Every 5 years in Australia)How many people? Where do people live and where were they born?What do people earn and where are they employed?How do people travel to work?

Background - Human populations

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• Over days and hours– journey to work, shopping.

• Over years– Moving house, migration.

• Over small (going to the shops) and large distances (holidays)

Background - Human mobility

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• By Land

• By Sea

• By Air

Background - Human mobility

Land http://www.bbc.co.uk/britainfromabove/stories/visualisations/taxis.shtml

Air http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEZcBeE33wc

Sea http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z50XoqzOBLQ

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• Transforms the nature of human settlements

• Connects cities and regions

• Ties to economies at all scales

• Process by which individuals access key life facilities – work, leisure, family, health etc

Background - Why study this?

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• Understanding the dynamics of the 21st Century

• Key quantitative and mapping skills

• Job opportunities

Background - Why should YOU study this?

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• Ralph - Completed a Masters in GIS at UQ and now runs his own company, Spatial Ventures.

• He now works with the Afghanistan government and conservation projects in New Caledonia, see: http://www.gpem.uq.edu.au/ralf-shroers

• Jo – Studied GIS at UQ.

• She now works for at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Centrex, see: http://www.gpem.uq.edu.au/nightingale

Jobs

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The exercise

• In groups of 5

• 1 GPS per group

• 1 map & clue sheet

• 10 to find

• Max 20 mins

• 1 prize!

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The Map

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The Clues

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The Clues

• Latitude and Longitude

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RVsZsK_r1c&feature=related

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The Rules

• Be careful!

• Teams must stay together at all times

• Only one flag from each location

• Collect as many flags within 20 minutes

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On return

• Give you team GPS to Francisco

• Take a seat

• We will download and GPS trace for display

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0000 02Hours Minutes Seconds

7 Billion and Counting

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Mapping your traces

In your groups (3 questions)

1. How did you search for the flags?

2. Did you take the most efficient route, if not then why?

3. Would you do the exercise differently next time, if so how?

4. Advs. & Disadvs. of tracking technologies

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Tracking people issues & dilemmas

Safety/Security• School children in Osaka (Japan), are required to wear

radio frequency identification (RFID) tags.

• Mexican Government tracks court officials using RFID tags implanted in their shoulders.

• Finland changed national laws to allow cell phone tracking of children.

Privacy• Alter relationships? (parents and children, husbands and

wives and employers and employees)

• More dramatic than any other product emerging from the information revolution.

• A new form of human (geo)slavery (location control)?

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

“It sounds so easy for suspicious minds. Simply

type in your partner's mobile phone number and find out

where he or she is at any time of the day or night.”

The Age, March 2009

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Future trends

Tracking technologiesGoogle Latitude

www.google.com/latitude

Technological osmosis

•Rapid expansion in ‘locationally aware’ & internet enabled technologies

•Affordable

•Softening of spatial privacy?

http://news.cnet.com/1606-2_3-50005168.html

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Wrap up

What have I learnt?

• Global Positioning System (GPS) technologies.

• Understand the role GPS for understanding human mobility.

• Issues & Dilemmas of tracking technologies

• Map reading!

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How do I get there?Geography

Duration - 3 years full-timeQTAC Code Bachelor of Arts - 707001 - B Arts or Bachelor of Science 731001 - B ScienceOP score Arts - 10 (2012) or Science - 10 (2012)Entry requirements Bachelor of Arts - Queensland Year 12 (or equivalent) and English or Bachelor of Science - Queensland Year 12 or equivalent English, Mathematics B plus one of Chemistry or Physics.More details at http://www.gpem.uq.edu.au/undergraduate-programs  

Regional and Town PlanningDuration - 4 years full-timeQTAC Code 702002 - B Regional & Town PlanningOP score 12 (2012)Entry requirements Queensland Year 12 (or equivalent) and EnglishMore details at http://www.gpem.uq.edu.au/bachelor-regional-town-planning

Environmental Management Duration - 4 years full-time QTAC Code - 705101 - B Environmental ManagementOP score 12 (2012)Entry requirements Queensland Year 12 (or equivalent) and English

More details at http://www.gpem.uq.edu.au/bachelor-environmental-management

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Thanks!