David William Rhind

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Who is David William Rhind?

Professor David William Rhind CBE FRS FBA is a British geographer and expert on geographic information systems. He was Vice-Chancellor of City University London until July 2007.

Rhind graduated in geography and geology from the University of Bristol in 1965 and received a PhD in geomorphology from the University of Edinburgh in 1969.

Rhind held academic posts at Edinburgh, the Royal College of Art and Durham, before becoming a professor of geography at the University of London in 1982. In this position he was a major contributor to the Chorley Committee, the UK Government committee of enquiry "Handling of Geographical Information", which reported in 1987. He subsequently became Director General of Ordnance Survey, overseeing the completion of the digitisation of the last of its paper maps.

Work on GIS led to the awarding of a DSc from the University of London in 1991. Rhind has also received honorary doctorates from universities including Bristol, Loughborough, Southampton, Kingston, Durham, London Metropolitan and Royal Holloway. In 2002 Rhind was elected both a Fellow of the Royal Society and an honorary Fellow of the British Academy.

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  • University of Edinburgh
  • University of Bristol

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on July 23, 2013

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