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Recently, Professor Yang Bisheng, deputy director of the laboratory, was interviewed by GIM International, an authoritative international surveying and mapping magazine, and shared his thoughts on the current situation and future of the geospatial information industry, focusing on market trends, technology drivers and challenges, as well as the impact of the new crown epidemic and climate change on the entire industry. Professor Yang Bisheng's team was invited to translate this interview, which is hereby shared and served by readers.
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How has COVID-19 affected your business?
Covid-19 has had a big impact on each of us, and during the pandemic, the sheer number of online meetings has been a bit exhausting, but on the other hand, I've been thinking more about mapping and remote sensing, geospatial information and the intersection of other disciplines. COVID-19 is a very important issue for researchers around the world, and as scholars in the field of geospatial information, we should use our expertise to serve society, for example, the COVID-19 pandemic has put forward new demands for efficient distribution of logistics, which requires high-precision maps, indoor positioning and target detection technologies. We are experts in these areas, so we should actively invest in seizing opportunities to create new value for geospatial information and make it better serve society.
What do you think will be the most important market trends in geospatial information in the coming years?
Experts and scholars in the field of geospatial information make full use of modern technologies such as big data, cloud computing, and the Internet of Things to actively participate in the prevention and control of the new crown epidemic, providing users with intelligent services such as epidemic monitoring and analysis, early warning, and traffic monitoring. For China, digital new infrastructure is a very important market, involving 5G, ultra-high voltage power grids and high-speed intercity railways, electric vehicles, double carbon, big data centers, artificial intelligence and industrial Internet. Geospatial information technology is an important part of the new digital infrastructure, and in the next few years, such as robots and artificial intelligence-based underground infrastructure and space exploration, new imaging sensors, digital twins, and ubiquitous positioning and navigation will be strongly promoted and developed.
Which technology do you expect to be more important in the field of geospatial information in the coming years?
Spatial position/semantic computation is the key to location intelligence. It stimulates the development of spatial information collection, calculation and understanding of low-cost, lightweight, energy-saving and small sensors, and effectively promotes a series of technologies and applications based on artificial intelligence, such as: digital twins, intelligent construction technology of robot maps and exploration of underground space. On the one hand, new geospatial information technology should focus on effectively improving efficiency and accuracy and reducing the cost and weight of perceptual systems; on the other hand, new geospatial information technology must serve more fields and applications, such as energy, transportation and public health, so as to provide intelligent solutions for governments and end users.
What do you think are the main challenges in the near future?
In my opinion, there are mainly the following aspects. The COVID-19 pandemic will continue to limit offline meetings and field trips to some extent, thus affecting knowledge sharing between industry and academia. Second, new spatial intelligence theories and methods are needed to support efficient and intelligent geospatial information solutions, and to solve the urgent requirements for the real-time nature of spatial information in public health epidemic prevention under the background of similar to the new crown epidemic; geospatial information software and solutions must provide users with real-time services with living spatial information. Third, there is a need to study a complete set of scientific decision-making schemes for geospatial information oriented to new intersecting fields, so as to move from surface observations to the underground, deep space and deep sea.
Because of the climate crisis, we urgently need to build a safer and more sustainable world. What are your thoughts on this?
A low-carbon "green" economy has become a global trend. Currently, about 30 countries in the world have proposed carbon neutrality targets, and about 100 others are preparing to do so. Experts, scholars and companies in the field of geospatial information should contribute to this end. We should make full use of AI to better understand Earth observation imaging data, develop spatio-temporal big data analysis, spatial location intelligence, and promote the development of geospatial information technology to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, carbon emissions and carbon storage, and a green and low-carbon economy. At the same time, we should pay more attention to developing effective solutions to monitor natural disasters (e.g. landslides), urban microclimates (e.g., heat islands) and critical infrastructure security risks (e.g., high-speed rail) to minimize the loss of life and property.
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Headquartered in the Netherlands, GIM International has a history of 30 years and is a professional authoritative magazine focusing on academic research and market research in the global geographic information industry. The printed edition of the magazine is distributed to thousands of industry experts and more than 3,000 geospatial enterprises in 170 countries, with a wide impact internationally.
Yang Bisheng, Deputy Director of the State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing, Wuhan University, Director of the Institute of Spatial Intelligence, Winner of the National Outstanding Youth Fund, Young and Middle-Aged Scientific and Technological Leading Talents of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Expert enjoying special government allowances of the State Council, Chief Scientist of the National "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" Key R&D Program Project, mainly engaged in research on point cloud processing, spatial intelligence, remote sensing and GIS applications, co-chair of the Point Cloud Processing Working Group of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, and isprs Journal of Member of the Editorial Board of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Editorial Board member of the Journal of Surveying and Mapping, Associate Editor of the Journal of Remote Sensing, Vice Chairman of the Lidar Professional Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese National Committee of the International Digital Earth Society, won the 2019 Global Carl Pulfrich Award, and won the Special Prize for The Progress of Surveying and Mapping Science and Technology, the First Prize of Hubei Provincial Science and Technology Progress, and the First Prize of natural science of the Ministry of Education as the first person to complete it, and more than 10 authorized invention patents. Published 1 monograph.
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