The integrated spatial databases of GeoStar

GeoStar is the registered trademark of GIS software made by WTUSM in China. By means of the GeoStar, multi-scale images, DEMs, graphics and attributes integrated in very large seamless databases can be created, and the multi-dimensional dynamic visualization and information extraction are also available. This paper describes the fundamental characteristics of such huge integrated databases, for instance, the data models, database structures and the spatial index strategies. At last, the typical applications of GeoStar for a few pilot projects like the Shanghai CyberCity and the Guangdong provincial spatial data infrastructure (SDI) are illustrated and several concluding remarks are stressed.     

Geoinformatics education in China

The paper gives an overview of the current status of education in geoinformatics in China. First, the paper provides a brief introduction to the history of geoinformatics education in China and a general review of the scientific and technological development. It then presents how the development affects the education and training in China. In the paper, universities and institutes in China that can award academic degrees related to geoinformatics are summarized, and undergraduate majors are briefly introduced. Next, the paper reports the work having been done by the national expert group on Surveying and Mapping, including the revision of discipline catalog and guide for graduate education and requirements. A list of typical curricula in geoinformatics education is suggested. Activities on promoting the graduate student exchange platform are presented. Finally, a case study of geoinformatics education in Wuhan University is discussed.     

What about people in pedestrian navigation?

Pedestrian navigation has become an important theoretical and practical research topic in many disciplines such as cartography, geographical information science, global and indoor positioning, spatial behavior, psychology, sociology, and neuroscience. Many research studies view pedestrian navigation using process-oriented and goal-directed approaches. However, this paper revisits people’s needs in pedestrian navigation and classifies their needs as three layers: physical sense layer, physiological safety layer, and mental satisfaction layer according to Maslow’s theory. This paper introduces a people-centric framework for pedestrian navigation theory based on these three layers and discusses theoretical challenges for meeting each layer of people’s needs. These challenging theories may represent promising and valuable research and promote usage of pedestrian navigation systems or devices in the future.     

测绘地理信息在智慧中国建设中的作用

近年来,中国不断推进物联网技术和产业发展,各地智慧城市建设也迅速兴起。在此形势下,研究测绘地理信息在智慧中国建设中所起的作用,对于加强测绘地理信息服务保障具有重要意义。本文从地理信息资源、现代测绘手段、地理信息技术应用以及数字中国地理空间框架等四个方面,阐述了测绘地理信息在智慧中国建设中所起的重要作用。     

江苏省国土资源省-市-县三级联动政务管理系统总体框架设计

本文在回顾全省国土资源电子政务建设历程、分析当前信息化不足和面临形势的基础上,立足全省,设计了省-市-县三级联动政务管理系统框架,提出了三种全省系统应用模式并进行优劣分析,基于SOA设计了三级政务协同平台结构。     

利用CUDA的剪切波数据三维可视化

提出了一种基于CUDA的并行体绘制技术,将CPU与GPU进行协同工作,将光线投射这一高度并行的过程交由GPU来处理,同时设计了相应的体绘制数据访存优化策略来提高穿并行加速比。实验证明本方法可以将串行绘制速度提升三十倍。通过中国大陆南北带地区的剪切波数据三维可视化实验结果,可以直观看出低温物体的下沉俯冲带的分布。从三维图像可以看出,由于俯冲带的拖曳作用,使得软流圈的物质存在着向上流动的趋势,该高温物质在上升的过程中,使研究区两侧受到热物质的侵蚀而产生拉张作用,在一定程度上导致了该两侧的构造较为活跃,形成了类似断层、裂谷等拉张构造。相对于传统的显示方法,剪切波速度三维可视化更加高效、直观地展示了太平洋俯冲板块对南北带地区和华北克拉通动力学构造的影响,在地球物理学研究中得到良好的应用。     

Rank-defect adjustment model for survey-line systematic errors in marine survey net

In this paper, the structure of systematic and random errors in marine survey net are discussed in detail and the adjustment method for observations of marine survey net is studied, in which the rank-defect characteristic is discovered first up to now. On the basis of the survey-line systematic error model, the formulae of the rank-defect adjustment model are deduced according to modern adjustment theory. An example of calculations with really observed data is carried out to demonstrate the efficiency of this adjustment model. Moreover, it is proved that the semi-systematic error correction method used at present in marine gravimetry in China is a special case of the adjustment model presented in this paper.     

Research on the security of national geospatial data clearinghouse based on ASP

On the basis of the authors' experiences of setting up an NGDC Web site, this paper attempts to present some significant aspects about the security of NGDC based on ASP. They include data storing, database maintenance, new technical support and so on. Firstly, this paper discusses how to provide the security of data which is saved in the hosts of NGDC. The security model of “Networks-DB Server-DB-DB Object” is also presented. In Windows NT Server, Internet Information Server (i. e., IIS) is in charge of transferring message and the management of Web sites. ASP is also based on IIS. The advantages of virtual directory technique provided by IIS are emphasized.     

Multi-resolution seamless image database

This paper presents the basic concepts and principles, data structure and high efficient spatial index for multi-resolution image database. The database is characterized by arrangement of multi-resource image data and seamless mosaic, distribution-based storage and management, integration with other spatial database software such as GeoStar and GeoGrid developed by Wuhan Technical University of Surveying and Mapping.     

Double vagueness: uncertainty in multi-scale fuzzy assignment of duneness

In the automation of identification of landscape features the vagueness arises from the fact that the attributes and parameters that make up a landscape vary over space and scale. In most of existing studies, these two kinds of vagueness are studied separately. This paper investigates their combination in identification of coast landscape units. Fuzzy set theory is used to describe the vagueness of geomorphic features due to the continuity in space. The vagueness resulted from the scale of measurement is evaluated by statistic indicators. The differences of fuzzy objects derived from data at differing resolutions (in size from 3×3 cells to 25×25 cells) are studied in order to examine these higher-order uncertainties.