PAIR Distinguished Lecture Series: On Geospatial Information Science in the Era of IoT

Biography

Prof. Deren Li is a scientist in surveying, mapping and remote sensing from Wuhan University, China. He enjoys dual memberships in both the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering. He is also a member of the International Eurasia Academy of Sciences and International Academy of Astronautics. He received doctor degree from University of Stuttgart in 1985 and honorary doctorate from ETH Zürich in 2008. In 2012, the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing awarded him the Honorary Member, the number of which ISPRS limits to a maximum of ten at any time as the highest honor. In 2020, ISPRS awarded him the Brock Gold Medal in recognition of his outstanding contributions to photogrammetry.

Prof. Deren Li was the president of Wuhan Technical University of Surveying and Mapping, and professor of the State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing (LIESMARS). At present, he is the honorary director of the academic committee of LIESMARS, director of the Collaborative Innovation Center of Geospatial Technology, chairman of Wuhan Association for Science and Technology, and chief scientist of Optics Valley of China in Wuhan.

Abstract

Geospatial information science is a discipline that focuses on using geospatial information technology to understand people, places, nature and processes of the earth. IoT refers to Internet of things, the combination of sensors, software and other technologies to connect and exchange data with other devices and systems over the Internet. The era of IoT brings us opportunities and challenges for geospatial information science. In the keynote, five characteristics and three scientific issues of geo-spatial information science in the era of IoT are summarised.