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China Association for Geospatial Industry and Sciences

Introduction

The China Association for Geospatial Industry and Sciences (CAGIS) is a first-level, registered, national non-profit organization, authorized and supervised by the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Natural Resources. Formerly known as China Association for Geographic Information System, it was established in 1994. So far, there are thousands of members including most of well-known geospatial enterprises within China. As a bridge between the government and the enterprises, CAGIS not only assists the execution of national geospatial industry policies and regulations for the government, but also promotes the market order and market fairness on behalf of the enterprises.

Organization

General Meeting

Member Meeting

Standing Member Meeting

CAGIS Secretary Office

General Management Department
Membership Department
Science and Technology Development Department
Industry Development Department

Sub-Committee

Theory and Method Working Committee
Standard and Quality Working Committee
Education and Popular Science Working Committee
Government Information Working Committee
Spatial Data Working Committee
Software Industry Working Committee
Environment Information Working Committee
City Information Working Committee
Geographic Information Emergency Service Working Committee
Geographic Information and National Security Working Committee
Cartography Working Committee
Geographic Information Public Service Working Committee
National Land Resource Working Committee
Geographic Monitoring Working Committee
Equipment Working Committee
Location Service Working Committee
Cloud Computing and Internet Working Committee
Remote Sensing Application Working Committee
Irrigation Information Working Committee
Precise Agriculture and Forestry Working Committee
Tourism Geographic Information Working Committee
Credit management and advisory Working Committee
Real estate Working Committee
Underground Space Working Committee
Power Information Working Committee
UAV Aerial Remote Sensing Working Committee
Geographic Information Culture Working Committee

Responsibilities

To guide and foster the healthy and orderly market of geospatial information industry within China;

To research various strategies and policies governing the development of the geospatial information industry in China;

To carry out academic activities and National geospatial Information Industry Exhibitions, to promote advanced experience and commend the advanced technologies, projects and enterprises;

To perform annual evaluation and certification of the geospatial information software and the engineering techniques;

To provide geospatial information technical and consulting services, project argumentation, science and technology achievement appraisal, product evaluation, and professional title qualification;

To provide employment information services and training of technical and administrative personnel;

To set and review standards of geospatial information industry, and to promote the development of data-sharing mechanism for geospatial information;

To publish Geomatics World, the journal of CAGIS, and popular science readings and books of geospatial information;

To strengthen the cooperative relationship with the foreign geospatial information organizations.

Main Activities