| Address: | Phone: (612) 625-3321 |
| Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA) | |
| University of Minnesota | Fax: (612) 626-0273 |
| 330 HHH Center | |
| 301—19th Avenue South | Email: wcraig@umn.edu |
| Minneapolis, MN 55455 |
EDUCATION
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Ph.D., 1980, geography with supporting fields in economics and statistics
M.A., 1972, geography with supporting fields in economics and statistics
B.A., 1965, mathematics with minor in geography
RELEVANT AWARDS AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES1970–Present: Associate Director of the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs at the University of Minnesota. Also Adjunct Professor both of Geography and of Public Affairs.
1997–2004: Co-Director and Co-Founder of the Master of Geographic Information Science professional degree program.
1986–1991: Director of the Minnesota Center for Survey Research, University of Minnesota. Fifty percent time.
1973–1977: Project Director and Systems Director, Minnesota Land Management Information System, University of Minnesota. Fifty percent time.
1967–1970: Director of the Social Sciences Research Facilities Center and Director of the West Bank Computer Center, University of Minnesota.
(2008) “Ethics in the Profession,” Encyclopedia of Geographic Information Science, SAGE Publications.
(2005) “White Knights of Spatial Data Infrastructure: The Role and Motivation of Key Individuals,” URISA Journal 16 (2): 5–13.
(2004) “An Overview of the 3rd Annual PPGIS Conference,” with Laxmi Ramasubramanian.
(2004) “GIS Ethics: Understanding Implications of Action,” GIS@Development 8 (7): 14–16.
(2003) “A Retrospective Look at The Need for a Multipurpose Cadastre,” with David J. Cowen, Surveying and Land Information Science Journal 63 (4): 205–214.
(2003) “Certification and Ethics in the GIS Profession” (with William E. Huxhold). Journal of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association 15 (1): 51–64.
(2003) “Statewide Digital Parcel Map Inventory” (with Jay Krafthefer and Annette Theroux). Minnesota Cities (August): 25. (Similar article in County News, May 2003)
(2002). “GIS and Society.” In Advances in Geographic Information Systems, UNESCO Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems. Edited by Claudia Bauzer Medeiros. Oxford, U.K.: Eolss Publishers.
(2002) “Crafting a
GIS Code of Ethics,”
(2002). Community Participation and Geographic Information Systems. Edited by William J. Craig, Trevor M. Harris and Daniel Weiner. London: Taylor and Francis.
(2002). “Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Science” (with Robert B. McMaster). In Manual of Geospatial Technology and Science, John D. Bossler (ed.). London: Taylor and Francis, pp. 401–410.
(2001). “Spatial Data Infrastructure in Minnesota: Institutional Mission and Individual Motivation.” Proceedings of AURISA 2001. Australasian Urban and Regional Information Systems Association. 12 pp. (Also available in the Proceedings of the International Symposium in Spatial Data Infrastructure. Melbourne, Australia. 12 pp.)
(2000). “The MetroGIS Initiative: Development, Integration and Sharing of Geographic Information Through Regional Collaboration” (with David Arbeit, Randall Johnson, and Gary Stevenson). Proceedings of the 2000 URISA Conference, pp. 442–456.
(2000). “Monumental Steps: GIS and the Planning Process for Grand Staircase—Escalante National Monument” (with Stephen J. Kandell). GeoInfo Systems, February 2000, pp. 22–30.
(1998). “The Internet Aids Community Participation in the Planning Process.” Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 22 (4): 393–404.
(1998). “How and Why Community Groups Use Maps and Geographic Information.” Cartography and Geographic Information Systems 25 (2): 5–104.
(1997). “Maximizing GIS Benefits to Society.” GeoInfo Systems 1997 (March): 14ff.
(1996). “Democratization of Data: Bridging the Gap for Community Groups” (with David S. Sawicki). Journal of American Planning Association 62 (4): 512–523.
(1996). “Coordinating Data in Minnesota” (with Michael N. Baker and Donald P. Yaeger). GeoInfo Systems 1996 (July): 30–34.
(1995). What the 1990 Census Says About Minnesota: Income and Poverty (with John Tichy). Minneapolis: CURA/University of Minnesota. 153 pp.
(1995). “Why We Can't Share Data: Institutional Inertia.” In Sharing Geographic Information, Harlan J. Onsrud and Gerard Rushton (eds.). Center for Urban Policy Research, Rutgers University, pp. 107–118.
(1994). “Data Providers Empower Community GIS Efforts” (with Michael G. Barndt). GIS World 7 (7): 49–51.
(1994). “Data to the People: North American Efforts to Empower Communities with Data and Information.” AGI'94 Proceedings. Birmingham, U.K.: Association for Geographic Information Birmingham. pp. 1.1.1–5.
(1994). “The Rising Tide of GIS in Minnesota.” Journal of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association 6 (1): 75–80.
(1993). “Current Data About North American Cities—Score: Canada 10, USA 5.” Journal of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association 5 (2): 73–77.
(1993). “A GIS Code of Ethics: What Can We Learn from Other Organizations?” Journal of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association 5 (2): 13–16.
(1993). “URISA '92 and the Research Agenda: What We Know and What We Need to Know” (with Steven W. McCrary and Barry Wellar). Journal of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association 5 (1): 105–115.
(1992). “Seasonal Migration of the Elderly: Minnesota Snowbirds.” Southeastern Geographer 32: 38–50.
(1992). “IS/GIS Hardware/Software/Data Features and Capabilities: What's Done, What's On, What's Next?” (with Lyna L. Wiggins and Richard Langendorf). Thirty Years in Perspective, Vol. 5 (special volume of the proceedings of the URISA Conference), pp. 59–84.
(1991). “Empty Promises for Small Area Data: Monitoring Our Neighborhoods Using Operational Records.” Research in Contemporary and Applied Geography: A Discussion Series, Vol 15. Binghamton, NY: Department of Geography, SUNY—Binghamton.
(1991). “Sharing Graphic Data Files in an Open System Environment” (with Paul Tessar and Naiz Ali Khan). Journal of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association 3 (1): 20–32.
(1991). “User Control of Isarithmic Mapping” (with John L. Adams). Cartographica 28 (2): 51–65.
(1990). Community Reinvestment in the City of St. Paul: Are Residents and Businesses Receiving the Financial Services They Need? (with Miriam Goldfein, Lucy Matthews Heegaard, and Frederick Smith). Minneapolis: CURA/University of Minnesota. 132 pp.
(1989). “Land and Geographic Information Systems in Victoria.” Traverse: News Bulletin of the Victoria Division of the Institute of Surveyors, Australia 109 (February): 8–9.
(1989). “A Plethora of GIS Use in Minnesota?” The Operational Geographer 7 (4): 3–5.
(1989). “URISA’s Research Agenda and the NCGIA.” Journal of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association 1 (1): 7–16.
(1988). Minnesota Inventory of Computer Mapping Systems: Software, Applications, Graphic Data Files and Expertise. St. Paul: Regional Mapping Consortium, Metropolitan Council Data Center. 106 pp.
(1987). “Meeting the Basic Needs of the Working Poor” (with Ira Moscovice and Laura Pitt). Social Service Review 61: 420–431.
(1985). “The Minnesota Land Management Information System Ten Years Later.” Proceedings of the Conference of the Australian Urban and Regional Information Systems Association. Sydney, Australia. pp. 279–290.
(1984). “The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act and the Working Poor” (with Ira Moscovice). Social Service Review 58: 49–62.
(1983). “Problems of Spatial Accuracy.” Proceedings of the 1993 URISA Conference. pp. 2–10.
(1973). “Reapportionment and the Computer.” Law and Computer Technology 6: 50–56.
(1971). “A Useful Computer Function to Measure Distances.” The Professional Geographer 23: 157–159.