Acta Geodaetica et Cartographica Sinica ›› 2017, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (10): 1213-1218.doi: 10.11947/j.AGCS.2017.20170375

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Progresses from Surveying and Mapping to Geomatics

NING Jinsheng, WANG Zhengtao   

  1. School of Geodesy and Geomatics, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China
  • Received:2017-07-02 Revised:2017-08-29 Online:2017-10-20 Published:2017-10-26

Abstract: This paper aims to look back the three-step progresses of the Surveying and Mapping science and technology from traditional surveying and mapping to digital surveying and mapping, and then to informatization surveying and mapping which is also called Geomatics. It mainly discusses the changes and developments of the surveying and mapping science and technology in terms of the concept, theory, technology, method, application service and so on, with the evolution of the national needs and world science and technology developments. Besides, the way from Surveying and Mapping to Geomatics is also presented in detail, together with the changes of the concepts, disciplines and connotations in the Surveying and Mapping. Finally, the basic conceptions and definitions of digital surveying and mapping and Geomatics are given.

Key words: traditional surveying and mapping, geomatics, digital surveying and mapping, digital earth, geospatial framework

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