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From: dmark@cs.Buffalo.EDU (David Mark)
Newsgroups: comp.cog-eng,sci.lang
Subject: HELP WANTED: Cross-linguistic impediments to computer technology transfer
Keywords: technology transfer, cross-linguistic issues, geographic information systems, GIS, spatial language
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Date: 13 Jul 89 03:24:34 GMT
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We are conducting research on cross-linguistic impediments to GIS (Geographic
Information Systems) technology transfer.  I would be very interested in 
hearing of any research on this topic.  Or on CAD/CAM transfer.  Also, I would 
like to collect anecdotes regarding difficulties that native-speakers of
languages other than English have had with Geographic Information Systems or
CAD systems that were produced by English-speakers.  Anecdotes or stories about
any difficulties in using computer technology when that technology is
transfered across linguistic boundaries also would be appreciated.

If you send me something that you would NOT like to be quoted about,
please state that in your note.  Otherwise, I will assume that 
any material that I am sent, or that is posted as a followup to this,
can be quoted as "personal electronic mail
communication", in a paper that we are writing for presentation at
a GIS meeting in Merida, Venezuela, in September 1989.

Thank you!

David M. Mark
Professor of Geography
National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis
Buffalo, New York 14260

dmark@cs.buffalo.edu