Annals of GIS

The journal has been published since 1995 and until 2008 it had been published under the title Geographic Information Sciences. In 2009 it changed to Annals of GIS. It is the official organ of the international association of Chinese experts in geoinformation sciences and its publisher is Francis &Taylor.Časopis izlazi od 1995. i do 2008. izlazio je pod nazivom Geographic Information Sciences, a 2009. mijenja naziv u Annals of GIS. Časopis je glasilo međunarodne asocijacije kineskih stručnjaka u geoinformacijskim znanostima, a izdavač časopisa je Francis &Taylor

Reflections and speculations on the progress in Geographic Information Systems (GIS): a geographic perspective

Great strides have been made in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) research over the past half-century. However, this progress has created both opportunities and challenges. From a geographic perspective, certain challenges remain, including the modelling of geographic-featured environments with GIS data model, the enhancement of GIS’s analysis functions for comprehensive geographic analysis and achieving human-oriented geographic information presentation. Several basic theoretical and technical ideas that follow the workflow and processes of geographic information induction, geographic scenario modelling, geographic process analysis and geographic environment representation are proposed to fill the gaps between GIS and geography. We also call for designing methods for big geographic data-oriented analysis, making best use of videos and developing virtual geographic scenario-based GIS for further evolution