Acta Geodaetica et Cartographica Sinica ›› 2026, Vol. 55 ›› Issue (6): 951-960.doi: 10.11947/j.AGCS.2026.20260072

• Review •    

Developing new-quality productive forces for surveying and mapping in the age of AI

Qingquan LI1,2,3(), Kaiming XU4, Wenzhong SHI5, Xianfeng HUANG6, Chisheng WANG1,2,3()   

  1. 1.School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
    2.Key Laboratory for Geo-Environmental Monitoring of Great Bay Area, Ministry of Natural Resources, Shenzhen 518060, China
    3.Guangdong Key Laboratory of Urban Informatics, Shenzhen 518060, China
    4.Moganshan Geospatial Information Laboratory, Deqing 313200, China
    5.Department of Land Surveying and Geospatial Science, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong 999077, China
    6.State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China
  • Received:2026-02-24 Revised:2026-06-05 Published:2026-07-28
  • Contact: Chisheng WANG E-mail:liqq@szu.edu.cn;wangchisheng@szu.edu.cn
  • About author:LI Qingquan (1965—), male, professor, PhD supervisor, academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, majors in dynamic and precise engineering surveying. E-mail: liqq@szu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    Yunnan Provincial Key Research and Development Program Project(202603AG380001);Fundamental and Interdisciplinary Disciplines Breakthrough Plan of the Ministry of Education of China(JYB2025XDXM111);The National Natural Science Foundation of China(42374018);Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation(2025B1515020092);The Shenzhen Science and Technology Program(KCXFZ20240903093000002; SYSPG20241211173845013)

Abstract:

The rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) and ubiquitous sensing equipment is reshaping the demand structure, supply modes, and organizational models of surveying and mapping services. From the perspective of new-quality productive forces, this paper analyzes the new requirements placed on surveying and mapping services in the AI era and identifies three core characteristics: dynamic surveying and mapping, product currency, and scenario-oriented applications. It then discusses how AI technologies, unmanned surveying equipment, and public participation affect production modes, quality evaluation, and the reconstruction of standards. On this basis, the paper elaborates the connotations of new-quality productive forces in surveying and mapping from four dimensions: product systems, surveying and mapping standards, data processing, and scenario adaptation. Using new public geospatial products and autonomous surveying and mapping in unknown spaces as examples, it illustrates pathways for restructuring production organization models. The analysis suggests that the key to cultivating new-quality productive forces in surveying and mapping lies in shifting from traditional surveying-based support to spatiotemporal intelligent services, thereby promoting the evolution of surveying and mapping geographic information toward spatiotemporal intelligent science.

Key words: new-quality productive forces in surveying and mapping, dynamic surveying and mapping, product currency, scenario-oriented applications, production organization model

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