Acta Geodaetica et Cartographica Sinica ›› 2026, Vol. 55 ›› Issue (8): 1465-1481.doi: 10.11947/j.AGCS.2026.20250471

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Research directions and core tasks for cognitive understanding of spatio-temporal scenes

Wanzeng Liu1,2(), Jun Chen1,2,3, Jiaxin Ren3,4(), Feng Zhang4, Lina Huang5, Xinpeng Wang1,2, Ye Zhang1,2, Fuxun Liang6, Xiaoyu Liu7   

  1. 1.National Geomatics Center of China, Beijing 100830, China
    2.Key Laboratory of Spatio-temporal Information and Intelligent Services (LSIIS), MNR, Beijing 100830, China
    3.Moganshan Geospatial Information Laboratory, Huzhou 313299, China
    4.School of Earth Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
    5.School of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China
    6.State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China
    7.Chongqing Institute of Surveying and Monitoring for Planning and Natural Resources, Chongqing 401120, China
  • Received:2025-11-10 Revised:2026-08-15 Published:2026-09-09
  • Contact: Jiaxin Ren E-mail:luwnzg@163.com;jaycecd@foxmail.com
  • About author:Liu Wanzeng (1970—), male, PhD, professor level senior engineer, majors in geographic information security and intelligentized surveying and mapping. E-mail: luwnzg@163.com
  • Supported by:
    The Major Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(42394062; 42394060);The National Key Research and Development Program of China(2022YFB3904205);Research Project of Chongqing Planning and Natural Resources Bureau(KJ-2024027)

Abstract:

In response to the prominent contradiction of “massive data, information overload, and scarce knowledge” in Earth sciences, existing spatial analysis methods, which primarily rely on geometric computation and state recognition, remain inadequate for fully characterizing the multidimensional and dynamic properties of spatio-temporal scenes. Consequently, practical applications still face difficulties in locating critical targets, understanding evolutionary processes, and accurately assessing functional effects. This paper regards spatio-temporal scenes as complex dynamic systems with explicit geographic semantics, internal structures, and evolutionary regularities, and examines the fundamental connotation and computational pathways of spatio-temporal scene cognition. On this basis, psychological cognitive mechanisms, domain knowledge, and artificial intelligence algorithms are integrated to construct a hybrid-intelligence cognitive chain centered on element identification, relationship computation, structural reasoning, and functional judgment. Accordingly, multidimensional cognitive methods are proposed for efficient prediction of macro-scale scenes, dynamic diagnosis of local scenes, and precise verification in real-world three-dimensional scenes. Finally, a case study on the dynamic cognition of unauthorized farmland excavation scenes is presented to illustrate the application pathway and feasibility of hybrid intelligence in real-world operational contexts.

Key words: spatio-temporal scenes, cognition, hybrid intelligence, cognitive chain model

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