New Reality

摘要

It's a hard message for the geospatial community to hear: step out of your comfort zone and step out of the circle of the elite! Professor Jacqueline McGlade, who remains executive director of the European Environment Agency in Copenhagen until May this year, is clear about the need to review the role of individual professionals and the institutes where they work, often national mapping agencies or cadastral organisations. The consequences are clear: "If this community doesn't adapt and come out of its shell, it will be left behind". McGlade is interviewed about her impending departure from the EEA in this issue of GIM International on page 16. McGlade admits that hers is a challenging message, because people have invested many years in building their careers and in developing the technology to create today's products.