ISPRS-Archives The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences ISPRS-Archives Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci. 2194-9034 ISPRS Göttingen, Germany 10.5194/isprsarchives-XXXIX-B4-539-2012 ON THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHICAL CONDITION MONITORING SEVERAL STRATEGIC ISSUES Gui D. 1 Lin Z. 2 Zhang C. 2 Liu F. 1 Mapping and Geoinformation Research Center , National Adiministration of Surveying, 28Lianhuachi west Road, Beijing Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping, 28Lianhuachi west Road, Beijing 01 08 2012 XXXIX-B4 539 541 Copyright: © 2012 D. Gui et al. 2012 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this licence, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This article is available from https://isprs-archives.copernicus.org/articles/XXXIX-B4/539/2012/isprs-archives-XXXIX-B4-539-2012.html The full text article is available as a PDF file from https://isprs-archives.copernicus.org/articles/XXXIX-B4/539/2012/isprs-archives-XXXIX-B4-539-2012.pdf

The state council of China approved national sustainable development strategy for land and natural resources research in the overall plan, presenting "building digital China, monitoring the national geographical conditions, developing geographical information industry, constructing surveying and mapping power Country," 24 character strategy. National geographical conditions monitoring is the new requirements of economic and social development, and also is important role and strategic tasks for surveying and mapping services to the scientific development of the sector initiative. In this paper, the content, main tasks and facing situation of national geographical conditions monitoring in China are elaborated analyzed. At last, several initiatives to promote national geographical situation monitoring realization, standardization and normalization are introduced. There are four parts in the paper as below.