International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensi 
ng and Spatial Information Sciences, Volume XXXIX-B4, 2012 
XXII ISPRS Congress, 25 August — 01 September 2012, Melbourne, Australia 
ON THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHICAL CONDITION MONITORING 
SEVERAL STRATEGIC ISSUES 
Dezhu Gui* *, Zongjian Lin*, Chengcheng Zhang" Fang Liu® 
‘Mapping and Geoinformation Research Center , National Adiministration of Surveying, 28Lianhuachi 
: west Road, Beijing -guidz@sbsm.gov.cn 
Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping, 28Lianhuachi west Road, Beijing -lincasm@casm.ac.cn 
Commission ISPRS and GSDI 
KEY WORDS: National geographical conditions; Strategic issues; Information mapping system model 
ABSTRACT: 
The state council of China approved national sustainable development strategy for land and natural resources 
research in the overall plan, presenting "building digital China, monitoring the national geographical conditions, 
developing geographical information industry, constructing surveying and mapping power Country," 24 character 
strategy. National geographical conditions monitoring is the new requirements of economic and social 
development, and also is important role and strategic tasks for surveying and mapping services to the scientific 
development of the sector initiative. In this paper, the content, main tasks and facing situation of national 
geographical conditions monitoring in China are elaborated analyzed. At last, several initiatives to promote 
national geographical situation monitoring realization, standardization and normalization are introduced. There are 
four parts in the paper as below. 
1. INTRODUCTION 
In 2009, the state council approved national 
sustainable development strategy for land and natural 
resources rescarch in the overall plan, presenting 
"building digital China, monitoring the national 
geographical conditions, developing geographical 
information industry, constructing surveying and 
mapping power Country, 24 character strategy. 
National geographical conditions monitoring is the 
new requirements of economic and social development, 
and also is important role and strategic tasks for 
surveying and mapping services to the scientific 
development of the sector initiative. In this paper, the 
content, main tasks and facing situation of national 
geographical conditions monitoring in China are 
elaborated analyzed. At last, several initiatives to 
promote national geographical situation monitoring 
realization, standardization and normalization are 
introduced. There are four parts in the paper as below. 
2. WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THE 
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHICAL SITUATION 
MONITORING IN CHINA? 
"National condition" is sum of a country's cultural 
history, tradition, natural, geographical environment, 
socio-economic development, international relations 
and other aspects. National conditions study as a 
separate discipline, has always been attached great 
importance by theorists, academics, which has also 
become an important duty and task. 
Refer "the surveying and mapping law of China", the 
content of surveying and mapping is measure, collect, 
  
present and provide the artificial surface shape, size, 
spatial location and attributes. Therefore, from the 
perspective of mapping geographic information to 
understand the situation, discuss conditions, research 
conditions, the focus is to explore a variety of 
conditions from the elements of the spatial variation of 
the angle for the law. So, “national geographical 
situation monitoring” is a new era of mapping the 
geographical situation of the main target of geographic 
information work, and also, pairs of geographic 
conditions "monitoring" is a new era of mapping 
geographic information specific production and 
service activities. 
After achieving basic geographic information 
resources coverage of all the land, the modern 
surveying and mapping work will be transferred to the 
period of dynamic monitor the land space. In addition 
to provide standardized services on the basis of 
mapping services, modern surveying and mapping 
work provides greater flexibility geographic 
information services (such as emergency services, 
which surveying and mapping results do not provide a 
standardized mapping services);Service mode in 
addition to relying on geographic information 
technology network online services, but also based on 
modern information technology, geographic mapping 
and geographic information resources, the 
geographical conditions of the formation of various 
types of monitoring results, which directly involved in 
the national macro-economic management and macro- 
control decision-making. 
* Corresponding author. Doctor Dezhu GUI, Research on UAV for mapping. 
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