Acta Geodaetica et Cartographica Sinica ›› 2022, Vol. 51 ›› Issue (1): 1-8.doi: 10.11947/j.AGCS.2022.20210564

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On geospatial information science in the era of IoE

LI Deren1,2, XU Xiaodi1, SHAO Zhenfeng2   

  1. 1. School of Remote Sensing and Information Engineering, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China;
    2. State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China
  • Received:2021-10-09 Revised:2021-12-10 Published:2022-02-15
  • Supported by:
    The National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 42090012); Jiangxi Province 03 Special Project and 5G Project (No. 20212ABC03A09); The Zhuhai City Cooperation of Industry, College and Institure in 2021(No. ZH22017001210098PWC); The Consulting Project of Hubei Research Institute of China Engineering Science and Technology Devel Opment Strategy(No. HB2018ZD03)

Abstract: With the development of new technologies such as 5G/6G, cloud computing, internet of things and artificial intelligence, we have entered a new era of Internet of Everything(IoE). Five characteristics of geospatial information technology in the era of IoE discussed in this paper as followed:the development of satellite positioning technology has changed from GNSS and ground measurements to PNT system with wider service coverage; remote sensing technology has moved from isolated satellite observation to space-air-ground wireless sensor network; geographic information service moves from map database to true 3D realistic scene and digital twin; 3S integration develops from mobile measurement to intelligent robot service; research scope of geospatial information science changes from earth observation to internet of thing monitoring and perception of human activities in order to reveal the relationship between human and environment. On this basis, this paper further analyzes the challenges in the new era, and puts forward three major scientific issues to be solved:How can geographic information products meet the needs of people and robots at the same time? What are the mechanism and bottleneck of remote sensing image interpretation? How to use spatiotemporal big data to mine the relationship between man and nature and realize the leap from spatial perception to spatial cognition? Geospatial information science must and can make greater contributions to the digital earth and intelligent society in the era of IoE!

Key words: geospatial information science, internet of everything, spatial-temporal big data, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, spatial perception and cognition

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