6. DEVELOPMENT OF GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION 
SYSTEMS 
Since 1990, China has made substantial progress in the 
application, theoretical research and software 
development of GIS. In addition to the relevant 
paragraphs in the previous parts on large or medium 
scale GIS or GIS-RS integration systems, urban 
information systems and technologies have found 
wide applications in the coastal cities of the country, like 
Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Beihai, Haikou, 
Sanya, Yantai, Qingtao and Xiamen. 
On the present Chinese market of GIS software are 
mainly those from overseas, like ARC/INFO, 
INTERGRAPH MGE, SICAD-OPEN, GENAMAP, 
MAPINFO. But in recent years development work for 
- GIS software with Chinese copyright is going on well. 
During March 1 to 10, 1996, the two Chinese 
organizations for GIS, CAGIS based in Beijing and 
CPGIS based overseas, organized a check and 
evaluation exercise for GIS software, which attracted 
over twenty applicants. This event has shown the 
strength among Chinese colleagues in this particular 
area. | 
The theoretical research in GIS has covered the areas of 
spatial data structure, data modelling, object-oriented 
methods (Li et al., 1994d, Gong and Li, 1995, Li and 
Gong, 1995), GIS design of spatial-temporal integration 
data (Chen and Shi, 1995, Guo, 1993) and knowledge 
discovery from GIS database (Li and Chen, 1994), 
among other things. 
7. PUBLICATIONS 
The books concerning photogrammetry, remote sensing 
and GIS published in China during 1992 - 1996 include: 
(1) Foundmental Photogrammetry, Li Deren et al., 331 
pages, Publishing House of Surveying and Mapping, 
Beijing, 1995. 
(2) Analytical Photogrammetry, Li Deren and Zheng 
Zhaobao, 445 pages, Publishing House of Surveying and 
Mapping, Beijing, 1992. 
(3) Application of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 
in Railway Engineering, Chen Shaoguang et al, 277 
pages, Publishing House of Surveying and Mapping, 
Beijing, 1995. 
(4) Principles and Methods for Remote Sensing Image 
Interpretation, Pu Jingjuan, China Press of Science and 
Technology, Beijing, 1992. 
(5) Remote Sensing Physics, Li Shaoxin, 336 pages, 
Press of Wuhan Technical University of Surveying and 
Mapping, Wuhan, 1994. 
(6) Wavelet Theory, Image Analysis and Object 
Recognition, Shao Juliang, 162 pages, Press of Wuhan 
Technical University of Surveying and Mapping, Wuhan, 
1993. 
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(7) Outlines of Resource Remote Sensing, Zheng Wei 
and Chen Shupeng ed., 458 pages, China Press of 
Science and Technology, Beijing, 1995. 
(8) Advances in Remote Sensing Science, Institute of 
Remote Sensing Application at Chinese Academy of 
Sciences ed., 346 pages, Science Press, Beijing, 1995. 
(9) Remote Sensing Terrain Models for Mineral 
Information, Liu Yanjun, Geology Press, Beijing, 1993. 
(10) Models and Applications of Ground Feature 
Understanding by Remote Sensing Information, Liu 
Hanghua ed., 212 pages, Publishing House of Coal 
Industry, Beijing, 1993. 
(11) Integration of Remote Sensing, GIS and GPS and 
Its Application, Du Daosheng ed., 242 pages, Publishing 
House of Surveying and Mapping, Beijing, 1995. 
(12) Basics of Information Theory and Their Application 
in Geo-sciences, Zhang Renlin, Xi'an Map Publishing 
House, Xi'an, 1993. : 
(13) Introduction to GIS, Li Deren et al., 131 pages, 
Publishing House of Surveying and Mapping, Beijing, 
1993. 
(14) Data Organization and Processing Methods for 
Integrated. SIS, Gong Jianya, 189 pages, Press of 
Wuhan Technical University of Surveying and Mapping, 
Wuhan, 1993. 
(15) Research on Spatial Data Structure, Cui Weihong, 
225 pages, China Press of Science and Technology, 
Beijing, 1995. 
(16) Error Analysis and Processing for GIS Spatial Data, 
Huang Youcai et al, 216 pages, Press of China 
University of Geo-sciences, Wuhan, 1995. 
(17) GIS Technology and Its Application in Coal Mine 
Flooding Monitoring, Zhang Dashun et al.,, 211 pages, 
Press of China University of Mineral Industry, Xuzhou, 
1994. 
(18) The Application of Mathematical Programming in 
Geoinformatics, Zheng Zhaobao, 232 pages, Publishing 
House of Surveying and Mapping, Beijing, 1993. 
The periodicals on topics of photogrammetry and remote 
sensing include: 
(1) Acta Geodaetica et Cartographica Sinica 
(2) Bulletin of Surveying and Mapping 
(3) Journal of Wuhan Technical University of Surveying 
and Mapping 
(4) Remote Sensing of Environment China 
(S) Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence 
(6) The World of Geoinformation 
  
     
    
     
    
    
   
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
   
   
    
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
     
   
    
   
  
  
  
  
  
   
    
  
  
  
  
    
     
   
    
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