Acta Geodaetica et Cartographica Sinica ›› 2020, Vol. 49 ›› Issue (10): 1243-1251.doi: 10.11947/j.AGCS.2020.20200358

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Geodesy discipline: progress and perspective

YAO Yibin1, YANG Yuanxi2, SUN Heping3, LI Jiancheng1   

  1. 1. School of Geodesy and Geomatics, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China;
    2. National Key Laboratory of Geo-information Engineering, Xi'an 710054, China;
    3. Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China
  • Received:2020-07-28 Revised:2020-08-18 Published:2020-10-31
  • Supported by:
    The National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 41931076;41721003)

Abstract: The geodesy discipline has been evolving and constantly intersecting and merging with other disciplines in the last 50 years, due to the continuous progress of geodetic observation techniques and the continuous expansion of application fields. The background and roles of the geodesy development are described in this paper at first, then the formations of the geodetic disciplines are sorted out as well. Furthermore, the basic growth of the geodesy subject is described from the progress of observation techniques, sensors and platforms, the cross-discipline formation is analyzed from the expansion of application fields. And the future development trends are analyzed from national requirements and science developments. The sub-disciplines for geodetic subject are suggested at present stage, based on the requirements of The National Natural Science Foundation of China and the development status of the geodesy, which may be referenced for geodetic scientific research topic selection and fund application.

Key words: geodesy discipline, progress of observation techniques, expansion of application fields, suggestions on sub-disciplines for geodetic subject

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