Résumé of Geoffrey H. Dutton

Address:	20 Payson Road, Belmont MA 02478 USA
Tel/Fax:	+1-617-489-4524
Email:	dutton@spatial-effects.com
WWW:	http://www.spatial-effects.com/ (as of 6/1/99)
Education:	B.A. in Government, Columbia University Master in City and Regional Planning, Harvard Graduate School of Design Ph.D., Geography, University of Zürich

1/99- GIS, Geodata and Spatial Visualization Consultant, Spatial Effects, Belmont MA.

1/98-1/99 Research Associate, Dept. of Geography, University of Zürich, Switzerland, with E.U. ESPRIT project developing a multi-agent systems (MAS) approach for automating map generalization, in concert with four European partner organizations.

10/95-1/98: Research Associate and Doctoral Candidate, Dept. of Geography, University of Zürich, Switzerland studying methods for improving digital map generalization, funded by Swiss NSF. Studied application of hierarchical coordinate systems and developed proof-of-concept software for Ph.D. dissertation, approved 2/98, published 10/98.

4/95-9/95: Director, GIS/IS Resources, CityDesign Collaborative, Boston MA. Managed and integrated information technology resources for a 40-person architecture and planning firm. Maintained network of 30+ PC workstations running Windows for Workgroups, file servers, printers and plotters. Built spatial databases for heritage planning projects, produced project maps using ArcView, ArcCad and Illustrator.

10/93-4/95: Independent software developer, Institute for Applied Technology, Children's Hospital, Boston MA; design and coding of software to present audiovisual material to severely disabled children using HyperCard and SuperCard. Independent research in spatial databases for Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Consultant to US EPA's EMAP global environmental monitoring program.

3/92-10/93: Senior Spatial Analyst, Harvard Design & Mapping Co., Cambridge MA. Duties included project planning and execution, proposal generation, project management, quality control and client consultation. Technical lead, GIS-related studies for U.S. Federal Highway Administration, US EPA and MA Water Resources Authority, involving spatial data analysis and presentation, database design, software QA/QC and report writing.

10/90-2/92: Consultant to National Center for Resource Innovation, Rosslyn VA, 4/91-5/91. Visiting scholar, NCGIA, Buffalo NY, 1/92-3/92. Invited speaker, National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGIA) specialist meeting on Visualizing Quality of Spatial Data, 6/91.

11/89-10/90: Applications Software Engineer, Access Technology, Inc., Natick MA. Member of R&D team for the Vivid presentation graphics package, an end-user application for making publication-quality charts and graphs using GKS graphic drivers. Responsible for implementing Vivid's DECwindow interface on VAX systems; Debugged charting algorithms; designed and coded command line user interface in DCL and C.

5/88-7/89: Market Manager, Geographic Information Systems, Prime Computer, Natick MA. Evaluated technologies and planned applications for System 9, an object-oriented GIS on Sun workstations. Specified functionality of System 9 polygon overlay module. Performed basic research on a global hierarchical model for indexing geographic data.

5/85-5/88: Cartographic Software Engineer, Dynamics Research Corp., Andover MA. Specified Hardware, designed and wrote software for an interactive 3D terrain visualization workstation for tactical Air Force missions: the Terrain Perspective Viewer (TPV) features multiple windows, color surface shading in 2D and 3D, mouse-driven interaction, and direct manipulation of positional information; implemented on a Sun 3/260 workstation using BSD 4.2, C, SunView and SunCore libraries. Led multi-firm team to win bid for follow-on contract, object-oriented extensions to TPV allowing it to display imagery, cartographic and intelligence data as well as terrain.

6/84-1/85: Consultant to The Computer Museum, Boston MA. Specified/designed posters, exhibits, demonstrations and several video productions about computer graphics for "The Computer and the Image" gallery. Developed software to control an HP 7586 plotter, to plot views of downtown Boston seen from where the device operates. Assembled exhibit of historic computer graphics input and output devices. Supervised vendors and volunteers constructing hardware and software exhibits.

1969-6/84: Staff researcher, Laboratory for Computer Graphics and Spatial Analysis (LCG), Harvard Graduate School of Design (various titles). Involved in all aspects of software development, documentation, support and application for computer cartography and GIS. Authored DOT.MAP, which displays gridded data as contour, dot-distribution and shaded maps. Implemented tutorial subsystem for Odyssey GIS. Applied fractal math to enhancing digitized cartographic linework. Developed algorithm for four-color display, and hierarchical data structures for compression of digital terrain data. Wrote and edited user manuals and tech reports; authored professional publications. Created thematic maps for national publications.

Computer Systems: Unix (Solaris, SunOS and Ultrix). DEC VAX/VMS; DEC TOPS-10; IBM 360/370 (VM, CMS). Fluent in C, Fortran and Vax DCL. Designed and coded object-oriented and procedural software in C, HyperCard and SuperCard. Have programmed graphic devices and coded Fortran and C applications using ACM Core and GKS graphic libraries. Active Macintosh user 14 years, Windows/DOS user 12 years. Familiar with standards FGDC CSSM, DIGEST, SDTS, DOD-STD-2167, OpenGIS. User of ArcCAD, ArcView, and other Macintosh, DOS and Windows applications. User of workstation ARC/INFO. Recent experience in HTML programming, some Java.

Project Management: Principal investigator for NSF grant for macrogeographic analysis of social and economic systems (1972). Directed production of computer maps for Harvard LCG clients (1971-80). In charge of LCG software distribution (1973-75). Supervised design, construction and logistics for LCG travelling exhibits (1978-81). Responsible for distribution and maintenance of LCG Odyssey GIS (1983-84). Coordinated tasks of LCG/USDA study on multipurpose land data systems (1977-78). Organized exhibits of computer graphics hardware and software for The Computer Museum (1984). Technical lead, Enhanced Terrain Perspective Viewer design team, DRC (1987-88). Technical management of GIS projects and software/data quality assurance for FEMA, EPA, FHWA and local government clients at HDM (1992-93).

Writing and Editorial: More than 40 professional and trade publications in computer cartography, spatial analysis, geographic information systems and other applications. Papers published in many conference proceedings and in professional journals and trade magazines. Guest Editor, Ekistics (1973). Editor, Harvard Papers on Geographic Information Systems (1978). Wrote/edited user documentation for Harvard University mapping packages (1972-83). Contributor to: S. Klein Newsletter on Computer Graphics, Boston Computer Society publication The Active Window, GeoInfo Systems, and MacWeek magazines. Editor, NCGIA Research Initiative 7 newsletter (1991).

Graphic Design: Produced the first animated holographic map, American Graph Fleeting (1978), depicting changes in population densities across the US from 1790 to 1970 as a moving statistical surface. Coordinated and designed four conference and trade show exhibitions, including slide and frame buffer shows, posters, logos and interactive demos. Developed a technique for digital calligraphy simulating use of a chisel point pen (1981). Specified, designed and installed graphic exhibits, demos and video productions about computer graphics at The Computer Museum (1984).

Consulting Experience: Urban Systems Research & Development, Cambridge, MA., 1969; MIT Urban Systems Laboratory, 1969; Advent Corporation, Cambridge, MA, 1970; Ministry of State for Urban Affairs, Canada, 1972; Human Settlements Commission of Metropolitan Manila, The Philippines, 1976; Management Technology and Data Systems, Boston, MA, 1984; The Computer Museum, Boston, MA, 1984; Battelle Memorial Inst., Washington, DC, 1985; Lotus Development Corp., 1985; Dynamics Research Corp., Andover MA, 1985-86; National Center for Resource Innovation, Rosslyn VA, 1991; US EPA EMAP program, 1989-1994; Rosetta Associates, Arlington MA, 1994; Institute of Applied Technology, Children's Hospital, Boston MA, 1994-5; The Alexandria Project, SUNY Buffalo, 1995.

Teaching Experience: Lecturer in Landscape Architecture, Harvard Graduate School of Design, 1983-84. Lecturer in Geography, Boston University, 1983-84. Visiting Scholar, NCGIA Buffalo, 1/92-3/92. Lecturer in Continuing Education Harvard GSD, 1976-77. Lecturer, Center for Lifelong Learning, Harvard University, 1978-80.

Invited Presentations: Bureau of Applied Social Research, Statistical Graphics Workshop, Columbus OH (1975); U.S. Consulate, Manila, The Philippines (1976); Dept. of Geography, University of Western Ontario (1974); Scanning Our Changing Planet Symposium, Stockholm, Sweden (1980); Remote Sensing Workshop, University of California at Santa Barbara (1981); Dept. of Geography, SUNY Buffalo (1983); Boston Architectural Center (1983-84); Nicograph '83 Conference, Tokyo (1983); Dept. of Geography, Clark University (1984); NCGIA, Santa Barbara CA (1988); NCGIA, Buffalo NY (1989); US EPA, Corvallis OR (1989); NCGIA, Castine, ME (1991); U. MD Inst. for Advanced Computer Studies (1991); NCGIA, Buffalo NY (1992); Canada GIS conference, Ottawa (1993); NCGIA, Buffalo NY (1993); NCGIA, Santa Barbara (1994); University of Zurich (1995); Technical University of Vienna (1996).

Professional Affiliations: Program committee, Harvard Computer Graphics Conference (1982-83); Proposal reviewer: Geography & Regional Science Program, US National Science Foundation (1985-); Paper reviewer: The American Cartographer/CaGIS (1986-); International Journal of GIS (1990-), GeoInformatrica (1998), Computers, Environment and Urban Systems (1998-9) and other journals; Program Committee, 5th, 6th & 8th Int. Symp. on Spatial Data Handling (1992/94/98); Steering Committee, NCGIA Research Initiative 8 (1993). Program Committee, Int. Cartographic Assoc., Working Group on Map Generalization (1998-9).

 

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