Unit 1 What is Geomatics

Unit1WhatisGeomaticsContentsIGeomaticsDefinedIIBranchesofGeomaticsIIIOtherDefinitionsofGeomaticsGeomaticsDefinedPleasethinkabouttwoquestions1.WheredoesthewordGeomaticscomefrom?2.Whyistheterm“Geomatics”usedwidelynow?3.WhatisaworkingdefinitionofGeomatics?WheredoesthewordGeomaticscomefrom?1.GEODESY+GEOINFORMATICS=GEOMATICSorGEO-forearthand–MATICSformathematicalorGEO-forGeoscienceand-MATICSforinformatics.2.ThetermgeomaticsemergedfirstinCanadaandasanacademicdiscipline;ithasbeenintroducedworldwideinanumberofinstitutesofhighereducationduringthepastfewyears,mostlybyrenamingwhatwaspreviouslycalled“geodesy”or“surveying”,andbyaddinganumberofcomputerscience-and/orGIS-orientedcourses.GEODESY+GEOINFORMATICS=GEOMATICSorGEO-forearthand–MATICSformathematicalorGEO-forGeoscienceand-MATICSforinformatics.（大地测量学＋地理信息学＝GEOMATICS测绘学或者geo代表地球，matics代表数学，或者geo代表地球科学，matics代表信息学）ThetermgeomaticsemergedfirstinCanadaandasanacademicdiscipline;ithasbeenintroducedworldwideinanumberofinstitutesofhighereducationduringthepastfewyears,mostlybyrenamingwhatwaspreviouslycalled“geodesy”or“surveying”,andbyaddinganumberofcomputerscience-and/orGIS-orientedcourses.（这个术语【term术语】作为一个学科【academicdiscipline学科】第一次形成【emerge】于加拿大；在过去的几年里被全世界的许多高等教育研究机构所熟知，通常是以前的“大地测量学”或“测量学”在引入了许多计算机科学和GIS方向【或“基于GIS”】的课程后重新命名的。）Whyistheterm“Geomatics”usedwidelynow?1.Nowthetermincludesthetraditionalsurveyingdefinitionalongwithsurveyingsteadilyincreasedimportancewiththedevelopmentofnewtechnologiesandthegrowingdemandforavarietyofspatiallyrelatedtypesofinformation,particularlyinmeasuringandmonitoringourenvironment.2.Increasinglycriticalareareasofexpandingpopulations,appreciatinglandvalues,dwindlingnaturalresources,andthecontinuingstressingofthequalityofourland,waterandairfromhumanactivities.Assuch,geomaticsbridgeswidearcsfromthegeosciencesthroughvariousengineeringsciencesandcomputersciencestospatialplanning,landdevelopmentandtheenvironmentalsciences.3.NowthewordgeomaticshasbeenadoptedbyseveralinternationalbodiesincludingtheInternationalStandardsOrganization(ISO),soitisheretostay.4.Thetermgeomaticsisarecentcreationtoconveythetruecollectiveandscientificnatureoftheserelatedactivitiesandhastheflexibilitytoallowfortheincorporationoffuturetechnologicaldevelopmentsinthesefields.5.Adoptionofthetermalsoallowsacoherentmarketingoftheprofessiontoindustryandschoolsonaworldwidebasis.Asaresult,bothcourseandawardtitlesinthetraditionalLandSurveyingsectoratmanyoftheworld’sleadinguniversitiesarebeingchangedto“DegreeinGeomatics”.Nowthetermincludesthetraditionalsurveyingdefinitionalongwithsurveyingsteadilyincreasedimportancewiththedevelopmentofnewtechnologiesandthegrowingdemandforavarietyofspatiallyrelatedtypesofinformation,particularlyinmeasuringandmonitoringourenvironment.（随着新技术的发展和不断增长的对空间关系的信息类型的需求，尤其是在测量和监测我们的环境方面【环境监测】，现在，传统测量学定义连同【alongwith】日益【steadily稳定的】增长的测量的重要性一起包含在这个术语里了。【逗号后面的句子修饰demand】）Increasinglycriticalareareasofexpandingpopulations,appreciatinglandvalues,dwindlingnaturalresources,andthecontinuingstressingofthequalityofourland,waterandairfromhumanactivities.（日益增长的危机来自人口扩张，地价上涨，资源紧缩【紧张】，还有由于人类活动引起的土地、水、空气质量的持续的压力【由人类活动带来的土地、水、空气质量的恶化】Assuch,geomaticsbridgeswidearcsfromthegeosciencesthroughvariousengineeringsciencesandcomputersciencestospatialplanning,landdevelopmentandtheenvironmentalsciences.（这样，测绘学在地球科学，各种工程学【engineeringsciences工程学】，计算机科学，空间规划，土地开发和环境科学相互之间架起了广泛的桥梁。）NowthewordgeomaticshasbeenadoptedbyseveralinternationalbodiesincludingtheInternationalStandardsOrganization(ISO),soitisheretostay.（现在geomatics这个词已经被包括ISO【国际标准化组织】在内的数个国际机构【internationalbodies】所采用，因此它就这样被普遍接受【beheretostay习惯用语“被普遍接受”】Thetermgeomaticsisarecentcreationtoconveythetruecollectiveandscientificnatureoftheserelatedactivitiesandhastheflexibilitytoallowfortheincorporationoffuturetechnologicaldevelopmentsinthesefields.（geomatics这个术语是个新词，表达【convey传达】了实体集合和它们相关联【related】的活动的自然科学，并使这些领域的未来技术发展的结合【incorporation结合】成为可能。【flexibility弹性、机动性】）Adoptionofthetermalsoallowsacoherentmarketingoftheprofessiontoindustryandschoolsonaworldwidebasis.（这个术语的采用同时也在全世界范围里为行业【industry】里和学校建立了【allow允许了】一个一致的【coherent】专业市场）Asaresult,bothcourseandawardtitlesinthetraditionalLandSurveyingsectoratmanyoftheworld’sleadinguniversitiesarebeingchangedto“DegreeinGeomatics”.（结果，世界上许多一流大学的传统的测量专业【部门】的无论是课程还是授予资【授予学位名称】格都改为“测绘学位”【DegreeinGeomatics】的了）Aworkingdefinitionofgeomatics,whichreflectscurrentthinkingandpredictedchange.1.Thescienceandtechnologyofacquiring,storing,processing,managing,analyzingandpresentinggeographicallyreferencedinformation(geo-spatialdata).2.Geomaticsisrelatedtothefollowingmorespecificdisciplinesandtechnologies:includingsurveyingandmapping,geodesy,satellitepositioning,photogrammetry,remotesensing,geographicinformationsystems(GIS),landmanagement,computersystems,environmentalvisualizationandcomputergraphics.Thescienceandtechnologyofacquiring,storing,processing,managing,analyzingandpresentinggeographicallyreferencedinformation(geo-spatialdata).（获取、处理、存储，分析和上呈【presenting呈现】地理参考信息（地理空间信息）的科学和技术。）Thisbroadtermappliesbothtos