中国地理学会地理大数据工作委员会正式成立

The Big Geographical Data Working Committee of Geographical Society of China(GSC_BigData) Established

为了推进大数据地理学学科体系建设、加强大数据地理学人才队伍建设,促进地理大数据在地理学各个学科领域和社会可持续发展中广泛应用,组织开展领域内系列成果出版和共享以及与地理大数据相关的学术交流活动,经中国地理学会十一届十次常务理事会研究,决定成立中国地理学会大数据工作委员会。2018年8月28日在“2018年中国地理学大会”期间,“中国地理学会地理大数据工作委员会成立大会”在西安召开。

Responding to the calls from the Big Data for Development:Challenges and Opportunities of United Nations,May 2012,Action Framework for Big Data Development of the National Council of P.R.China,2015 and the Open Data in a Big Data World,ICSU,IAP,ISSC,TWAS,2017,as well as meeting the urgent needs from the geographers of China either for research,education,international cooperation and broad disciplinarians of society,the Council of Geographical Society of China made a decision to establish a special working committee on big geographical data(Figure 1),named Big Geographical Data Working Committee of Geographical Society of China(GSC_BigData for short).