Avi Degani
Avi Degani is an Israeli geographer and geographic information scientist. He founded a research and planning company, Geocartography Knowledge Group, headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel. He is an authority on political polling [1] and changes in polling due to the use of the internet.[2]
Personal
Raised and educated in Israel, he received his BSc in Geography, Geology, and Climatology from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and PhD in Geography from the University of Minnesota. Degani’s dissertation focused on building a computerized atlas (1971) under the tutelage of John R. Borchert.[3]
Career
He worked in the Department of Geography and the Human Environment at Tel Aviv University[4], publishing on geographical topics and Geographic information Science. [5] He developed one of the first examples of three-dimensional automated mapping and derivation of attribute and statistical surfaces from these spatial data.[6]
References
- ↑ Liebermann, Oren (2015-03-18). "Why were the Israeli election polls so wrong?". CNN. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
- ↑ "OII | Not Just #GE2015: Other 2015 Polling Failures". Retrieved 2023-08-04.
- ↑ Sward, Dan; Craig, Will; Delegard, Kirsten; Johnson, Lucinda; Matson, Jeff; Mattke, Ryan; Stark, Stacey; Tafil, Deborah (2022), Manson, Steven M.; Kne, Len; Krzyzanowski, Brittany; Lindelof, Jane, eds., "Spatial University for Service and Support", Building the Spatial University: Spatial Thinking, Learning, and Service Throughout the System, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 31–54, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-92847-6_3, ISBN 978-3-030-92847-6, retrieved 2023-08-04
- ↑ "Prof. Avi Degani". Tel Aviv University. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
- ↑ "Avi Degani". Tel Aviv University. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
- ↑ Degani, Avi; Porter, P. W. (June 1977). "On Isopleths and Continuous Scanning Isodensitometry". The Cartographic Journal. 14 (1): 30–43. doi:10.1179/caj.1977.14.1.30. ISSN 0008-7041.
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