Reflections on the Development of the Geographic Information Discipline
Geographic Information Science(GIS)is not only the demand for the development of the discipline itself,but also the technical method to support the exploration of the frontiers of geography,earth system science and future geography,and the supporting technology to serve the national strategy and social development.In view of the intrinsic law of the development of geographic information science,the extrinsic drive of the development of related disciplines,and the pull of new technologies such as Artificial Intelligence(AI),this paper firstly analyses the development process of GIS and explores its development law from six dimensions,such as description content,expression dimension,expression mode,analysis method and service mode,etc.;then,on the basis of interpreting the original intention and goal of the development of geography,a geography discipline system oriented to the"physical-humanistic-informational"triadic world is proposed,the research object of information geography is discussed,and a conceptual model integrating the seven elements of information and seven dimensions of geographic descriptions is put forward;then,the development trend of geographic information science is analysed from three aspects,including geography from the perspective of information science,information geography from the perspective of geography,and geo-linguistics from the perspective of linguistics,information geography from the perspective of geography,and geolinguistics from the perspective of linguistics,the development trend of geographic information discipline is analysed.Finally,the paper summarises the possible directions and points of development of GIS,geography in the information age,geo-scenario,and geo-big model.We hope that our work can contribute to enriching the understanding of geographic information disciplines,promoting the development of geographic information related sciences,and enhancing the ability of the discipline to support national development needs and serve society.
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