Dr. D. R. Fraser Taylor
Fellow
Current Employer
Carleton University
Election Year
2008
Academy
Academy of Social Sciences
Discipline
Geography
Department
Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre
Keywords
cartography, international affairs, Canada's North, Indigenous mapping, Latin America, China, Africa, geography and environmental studies, geography and environmental studies
Fraser Taylor is one of the world's leading cartographers and a pioneer in the application of the computer to cartography. He produced two of the world's first computer atlases in the early 1970s. His publications continue to have a major impact on the field. In 1997, he introduced the innovative new paradigm of cybercartography. He is creating a new genre of online multimedia and multi-sensory atlases, including several in cooperation with northern communities. He has published several influential contributions to development studies. Many of his publications deal with the relationship between cartography and development in national and international contexts.