Analysis of the Problem about GIS Industry Development in China

Though GIS industry development in China was much better than ten years ago, many problems still exist, such as the scale of it was small, the depth and scope of GIS application were limited; the industry service system was not perfect; GIS education could not meet the requirement and GIS standardization work lagged behind. To boost the GIS industry not only needs the development of geographic information technology and the innovation of GIS software products, but also needs to establish GIS industry service system, especially to speed up cultivating new GIS human resources. Those problems existed in the process of GIS industry development were interrelated closely, we should not consider GIS as it stands, we should not restrict ourselves, we should think globally and act locally, strengthen those taches which were feeble at now times. With the advance of national informatization, especially with the prosperity of e-governance, GIS industry was faced with many new opportunities in China. As long as we envisage those problems and take action suitably, national GIS industry will develop very quickly.