Michael Frank Goodchild

{{Infobox scientist

| name = Mike Goodchild

| image = Michael Frank Goodchild - 2017.jpg

| caption = Michael Frank Goodchild in 2017.

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1944|02|24}}

| education = University of Cambridge (BA)
McMaster University (PhD)

| doctoral_advisor = Derek C. Ford{{Cite web |title=Michael Frank Goodchild - GIS Wiki {{!}} The GIS Encyclopedia |url=https://wiki.gis.com/wiki/index.php/Michael_Frank_Goodchild |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=wiki.gis.com}}

| thesis_year = 1969

| thesis_title = The Generation of Small Scale Relief Features of Eroded Limestone: A Study of Erosional Scallops

| thesis_url = https://macsphere.mcmaster.ca/handle/11375/17868

| doctoral_students = Alan Glennon

| workplaces = University of Western Ontario
University of California, Santa Barbara
University of Washington
Arizona State University

}}

Michael Frank Goodchild (born February 24, 1944) is a British-American geographer. He is an Emeritus Professor of Geography at the University of California, Santa Barbara. After nineteen years at the University of Western Ontario, including three years as chair, he moved to Santa Barbara in 1988, as part of the establishment of the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis, which he directed for over 20 years.{{cite web|title=Curriculum Vitae|url=http://www.geog.ucsb.edu/~good/Goodchild-CV.html|publisher=UCSB Department of Geography|accessdate=24 February 2015}} In 2008, he founded the UCSB Center for Spatial Studies.

Education

Ph.D., Geography, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, 1969
B.A., Physics, Downing College, Cambridge, Cambridge, England, 1965

Scholarship

His most influential work has involved research on Geographic Information Science (aka GIS). He is widely credited with coining "Volunteered Geographic Information" and is considered the world's foremost expert on the topic.

Caves and karst

As a doctoral student at McMaster University, Goodchild rediscovered Castleguard Cave in Banff National Park 20 kilometers long, the longest cave in Canada).{{Cite journal |last=Ford |first=Derek |last2=Beynen |first2=Philip Van |date=2008-01-24 |title=Derek Ford oral history interview with Dr. Philip Van Beynen, January 24, 2008 |url=https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/tles_oh/6/ |journal=Environmental Sustainability Oral Histories}} His student Alan Glennon discovered an entrance and made significant discoveries to the Martin Ridge Cave System, Kentucky (51.8 kilometers long).{{Citation needed|date=July 2017}} Goodchild's dissertation advisor, Derek C. Ford, is a Canadian geomorphologist and karst scientist.

Honors

Fellow of the British Academy, 2010-{{Cite web|url = http://www.britac.ac.uk/fellowship/directory/cor.cfm?member=6577|title = British Academy Fellows, Record for: GOODCHILD, Professor Michael|publisher = British Academy|accessdate = 2015-09-22|url-status = dead|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303165247/http://www.britac.ac.uk/fellowship/directory/cor.cfm?member=6577|archivedate = 2016-03-03}}
Foreign Member of the Royal Society, 2010-{{cite web | url = http://royalsociety.org/about-us/fellowship/foreign-members/| title = Foreign Members| publisher = Royal Society|accessdate = 2012-03-20}}
Researcher of the Year, University Consortium for Geographic Information Science, 2010;{{cite web | url = http://www.ucgis.org/summer2010/researchaward.htm| title = Research Award | publisher = UCGIS|accessdate = 2012-06-16}}
Prix Vautrin Lud, St Dié-des-Vosges, France, 2007;
Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2006–;
Honorary Doctor of Laws, Ryerson University, 2004;
Honorary Doctor of Science, McMaster University, 2004;
Professor, Wuhan University, 2003–;
Faculty Research Lecturer, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2003;
Founder's Medal, Royal Geographical Society, 2003;
Educator of the Year, University Consortium for Geographic Information Science, 2002;
Foreign Fellow, Royal Society of Canada, 2002–;
Member, National Academy of Sciences, 2002–;
National Associate of the National Academies, 2001–;
Lifetime Achievement Award, Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI), 2001;
Honorary Doctor of Science, Keele University, 2001;
Award of Distinction for Exceptional Scholarly Contributions to Cartography, Canadian Cartographic Association, 1999;
Honorary Doctor of Science, Université Laval, 1999.