Prompted by a series of panel sessions at a recent American Association of Geographers annual meeting entitled “A Globe‐Shaped Crystal Ball: The Next Fifty Years of Geographical Analysis,” participants were asked to speculate on the future of the journal, which of course has broader implications for spatial and geographic analytics. In what follows, I provide my thoughts on the journal as a reader, contributor, referee, and former editor of Geographical Analysis. The major points touched upon include the following. First, application to address substantive concerns will come to dominate the field. Second, the spatial data deluge will continue unabated, but will lead to important advances because of better detail and less abstraction of reality. Third, analytical methods will evolve specifically for big data. Fourth, the point‐and‐click revolution will result in ever more use of spatial analytics, but also will lend itself to greater and more widespread abuse of these methods. Fifth, addressing assumptions and theoretical foundations of long utilized approaches will revolutionize a new generation of spatial analytics. Sixth, geographic uncertainty and bias will be more than an afterthought, and methods will emerge to support meaningful analysis. Finally, spatial optimization will have increased prominence in fundamental analysis, particularly associated with establishing and evaluating significance.

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展望下半个世纪的地理分析

在最近召开的美国地理学家协会年会上，一系列题为“地球形状的水晶球：地理分析的下一个五十年”的小组会议提出了建议，要求参加者对期刊的未来进行推测。对空间和地理分析的广泛影响。接下来，我以《地理分析》的读者，撰稿人，裁判和前编辑的身份对期刊发表了自己的看法。。涉及的要点包括以下内容。首先，解决实质性问题的应用将成为该领域的主导。第二，空间数据的泛滥将继续保持，但由于更好的细节和更少的现实抽象，将导致重要的进步。第三，分析方法将专门针对大数据而发展。第四，点击革命将导致对空间分析的更多使用，但也将导致它们越来越广泛地滥用这些方法。第五，解决长期使用的方法的假设和理论基础将彻底改变新一代的空间分析方法。第六，地理上的不确定性和偏见将不仅仅是事后的想法，并且将出现支持有意义的分析的方法。最后，