Acta Geodaetica et Cartographica Sinica ›› 2018, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (8): 1027-1030.doi: 10.11947/j.AGCS.2018.20180202

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The Being and Non-being Generate Each Other,and the Virtual and the Real are Mutually Interactive-The Progress of Virtual Geographic Environments (VGE) Studies in Last 20 Years

LIN Hui1, ZHU Qing2, CHEN Min3,4   

  1. 1. Institute of Space and Earth Information Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China;
    2. Faculty of Geosciences and Environmental Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 611756, China;
    3. Key Lab of Virtual Geographic Environment(Ministry of Education of PRC), Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China;
    4. Jiangsu Center for Collaborative Innovation in Geographical Information Resource Development and Application, Nanjing 210023, China
  • Received:2018-04-27 Revised:2018-06-01 Online:2018-08-20 Published:2018-08-22
  • Supported by:

    The National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) (No. 2015CB954103);The National Science Foundation for Young Scientists of China (No. 41622108);The Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (No. 164320H116)

Abstract:

It has been 20 years since the conception of virtual geographic environments (VGE) was proposed.In this article,the development process of VGE is reviewed,the design concept and functional compositions of VGE are sketched,some of the currently achievements are introduced,and the further direction is pointed out.

Key words: virtual geographic environments (VGE), design concept, achievements, research direction

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