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government task, such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong, 
Hainan, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Xinjiang, Henan, 
Shandong, etc. These provinces paid more attentions on 
fundamental geospatial data resources and applications. For 
instance, Digital Shaanxi Geospatial Information Fundamental 
Framework (DSGIFF) was approved in 2001 by the Shaanxi 
Provincial Government. It consists of 8 components: geospatial 
data acquisition and database construction, GPS applications, 
remote sensing facilities, standards drafting, legal system, 
coordination mechanism, research and development and pilot 
applications. 
There are more than 30 cities commencing the construction of 
Digital City Geospatial Framework sponsored by SBSM, such 
as Weihai, Wenzhou, Jiaxing, Xi’an, Qianjiang, Taiyuan, 
Kuitun, etc. They are focused on large scale geospatial data sets 
including 3D city models, utilities and more daily life 
information to support more Location Based Service (LBS) 
applications. Digital City Geospatial Framework is still mainly 
focused on the city itself similar to the concept of cybercity, 
The whole area of its administration is not yet covered to 
include the townships and countryside. There are also some 
counties starting digital region geospatial framework to support 
integrated urban and rural development. Digital Beijing 
Geospatial Framework has been implementing to play a very 
important role in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. 
8. CONCLUSION REMARKS 
SDI and Digital Region are new matters to China and the world. 
China is pushing forwards the construction of DCGF, however 
this is still lack of matured technology, standards system, 
updated datasets and effective coordination mechanism. The 
user needs are great but the service capacity is not yet suitable 
enough. The situation of isolated information islands has to be 
overcome so as to supply the society with rich accessible 
geospatial information resources. 
There are still some key issues to be solved accordingly. The 
first issue is the effective coordinating mechanism to promote 
the information resources sharing. The second issue is the small 
amount of financial input to be increased. All the technology, 
data and human resources development needs huge input. The 
third issue is the standards needed to be revised and ISO 
standards to be adapted. The fourth issue is the applications to 
be widen to cover all social and economic sectors. 
Besides the Law of Surveying and Mapping and related 
regulations, a legal system should be strengthened to reflect the 
geospatial sharing. The legal state of Digital China Geospatial 
Framework must be erected to avoid replication and. Much 
more international cooperation and technical exchange should 
be sought and encouraged to promote the development of 
DCGF. The achievements of DCGF will not only benefit the 
government but also the community to serve as the unique 
geospatial information reference. 
REFERENCES 
NPC, 2002, The Law of Surveying and Mapping of People’s 
Republic of China, China Democratic and Legal Press, Beijing 
SBSM, 2006, A Guideline for Strengthening the Construction 
and Application of Digital China Geospatial Framework, 
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