C. PETER KELLER

Professor and Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Victoria

The focus of Professor Keller's research and teaching is geographic information. He is interested in how geographic information is used and managed by society, how geographic information can be manipulated and analyzed to help solve real world problems, the relationship between technological innovation and geographic information, and the advancement of geographic information theory. His interests bridge the different cognate areas of Geomatics, most notably cartography, GIS, spatial analysis and management sciences. Application studies are diverse and include the terrestrial and marine environments, planning, communities and empowerment, health and education.
Recently completed research projects include the advancement of the design of databases for interactive marine GIS applications, the analytical customization of GIS to solve ill-structured geographic problems, the modeling and visualization of geographic data uncertainty, the theoretical advancement of GIS towards a tool for exploratory geographical analysis, and the use of spatial analysis and mapping to model health and wellness.