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BiographyProfessor Taylor received his M.A. and Ph.D. in Geography from the University of Edinburgh and did postgraduate work at the University of London and Harvard University. Currently he is Distinguished Research Professor of Geography and Environmental Science, and in International Affairs. Research InterestsProfessor Taylor's main research interests in cartography lie in the application of geomatics to the understanding of socio-economic issues. He also has a strong interest in the theory of cartography and has introduced and developed the new paradigm of cybercartography. His interests in cartography and international development issues are often inter-related. He has extensive field experience in developing nations, especially in Africa, which included a six year period as an education officer in rural Kenya where he completed his Ph.D. thesis on Rural Development in Murang'a District. His research interests in this area include: development studies with special reference to Africa, China and Latin America; regional and rural development theory and practice sustainable development an indigenous development strategies; technology transfer in the field of geomatics; Canada's international policies in ODA; and technology transfer. Current research includes a major SSHRC Initiative on the New Economy project entitled "Cybercartography and the New Economy" which includes a Cybercartographic Atlas of Antarctica and a cybercartographic product on Canada's Trade with the World. He is also a collaborator in an InterPARES 2 project which deals with the authentication and preservation of dynamic electronic records. Recent PublicationsGeopolitical Ideas and Utopian Cartography: An International Map of the World, Alastair Pearson, D. R. F. Taylor, Karen Kline and Michael Heffernan, The Canadian Geographer , Vol 50, Issue 2, June 2006. Special issue of Cartographica on Cybercartography (ed. and contributor with Sébastien Caquard), 41(1), April, 2006. Cybercartography: Theory and Practice (ed. and contributor). Volume 4 in Modern Cartography Series, Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2005, pp. 574. The Theory and Practice of Cybercartography: An Introduction, Chapter 1 in Cybercartography: Theory and Practice , D. R. Fraser Taylor (ed. series ed. and contributor), Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2005, pp. 1-13. Remaining Challenges and the Future of Cybercartography, Chapter 23 in Cybercartography: Theory and Practice , D. R. Fraser Taylor (ed., series ed. and contributor), Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2005,pp. 541-560. Capacity Building and Geographic Information Technologies in African Development", chapter 22 in Association of American Geographers' (AAG) Centennial book Geography and Technology , Stanley D. Brunn, Susan Cutter, and J. W. Harrington (eds.), Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004, pp. 521-546. "The Concept of Cybercartography", Chapter in Peterson, M. (ed) Maps and the Inernet , Elsevier, 2003, pp. 413-418. "Decentralization and Local Autonomy: Regional Planning in Ethiopia", with Getachew Mequanent, chapter in Decentralization, Governance, and the New Planning for Local-Level Development , Walter B. Stohr, J.S. Edralin, and Devyani Mani (eds), Volume 3 in UNCRD's New Regional Development Paradigm Series, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group, July, 2001, pp. 123-145. "Future Directions for Multimedia Cartography" in William Cartwright, Michael Petson and George Gartner (eds). Multimedia Cartography ,Springer-Verlag, January 1999. Policy Issues in Modern Cartography, Volume 3 in Modern Cartography Series (ed. and contributor), Oxford: Pergamon, 1998, pp. 277. "Modern Cartography, Policy Issues and the Developing Nations: Rhetoric and Reality" in Policy Issues in Modern Cartography , (ed. and contributor) Pergamon: Oxford, 1998, pp. 185-214 . The Electronic National Economic Atlas of China (ENEAC) (Special Editor and Advisor), English Language version. China Higher Education Press: Beijing, PRC, 1996, CD-ROM. Visualization in Modern Cartography, (ed. and contributor with Alan MacEachren), Volume 2 in Modern Cartography Series (D.R.F. Taylor, series ed), Oxford, New York, Tokyo: Elsevier Science, 1994, pp. 345. The National Economic Atlas of China (Special Editor and Advisor - English Language Version), Hong Kong and New York: Oxford University Press, 1994, pp. 314 and "Notes to the Maps" pp. 178. Development from Within: Survival in Rural Africa , Fiona Mackenzie, D. R. F. Taylor (eds and contributors), Routledge, U.K. & US.,1992, pp. 284. Geographic Information Systems: The Microcomputer and Modern Cartography,D. R. F. Taylor (ed. and contributor), in series on Modern Cartography (ed. and contributor), Oxford: Pergamon, 1991, pp. 251. Cartography Past, Present and Future , (ed. and contributor, with David Rhind), London: Elsevier Scientific Publishers, 1989. pp. 193. Education and Training in Contemporary Cartography, Vol. III, Progress in Contemporary Cartography , Wiley, Chichester, 1985, pp. 324. Graphic Communication and Design in Contemporary Cartography, D. R. F. Taylor (Ed. and contributor & series ed), Vol II, Progress in Contemporary Cartography , Wiley, Chichester, 1983, pp. 314. Development from Above or Below: The Dialectics of Regional Planning in Developing Countries, Walter Stohr and D. R. F. Taylor (eds), London, Wiley, May 1981, pp. 485. The Computer in Contemporary Cartography, D.R.F. Taylor (ed.), Wiley,Chichester, 1980 (first volume in series Progress in Contemporary Cartography, D. R. F. Taylor, general editor), pp. 252.
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