Carleton Professor Gets Royal Treatment for Outstanding Achievement

Dr. Fraser Taylor is being honoured by the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) for outstanding achievements in research.

Dr. Taylor, director of Carleton’s Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre, will be inducted into the Royal Society of Canada in a ceremony held Saturday, November 15, 2008 in Ottawa.

Dr.Taylor is one of the world’s leading cartographers and a pioneer in the application of the computer to cartography. He produced two of the world’s first computer atlases in the early 1970s and his publications continue to have a major impact on the field. Many of his publications deal with the relationship between cartography and development in national and international contexts.

In Canada, recognition in the Royal Society of Canada is the highest honour that scholars, artists, and scientists can achieve and is only conferred upon those who have distinguished themselves amongst their peers. The awards are made to Canadian scholars whose work is in keeping with the Society’s motto, “different paths, one vision.”