地理信息产业是高速增长的新兴产业。近年来，地理信息产业迅猛发展，不仅在国家信息化、现代化建设中发挥了显著作用，而且在促进经济增长和保持社会稳定中作出了重要贡献。随着经济社会快速发展，特别是人民群众对地理信息的需求日益旺盛，地理信息产业显现了巨大的发展潜力和无限广阔的前景。
    我国理信息产业产值规模迅猛增长，2008年产值总规模达到600亿元，2009年超过750亿元，平均年增长率20%以上。单位数量快速扩大，到2008年底，我国从事地理信息采集、处理和服务并具有测绘资质的企事业单位共有11269家，总数较2003年增长了47%。从业人员大幅增加，2008年从业人员约40万人，其中测绘资质单位从业人员约26万人，占65%。基地建设扎实推进，2003年黑龙江省开始建设全国首家地理信息产业园；2007年西安导航产业基地开始建设，成为我国首个国家级导航企业孵化器和工程技术中心；在武汉葛店开发区建设的国家地球空间信息产业基地，总投资50亿元人民币。2005年至2008年，基础地理信息数据提供总量每年以20%以上的速度增长。国土资源、交通、水利、铁道、民政、农业、建设、环境保护、林业等部门相继建设了部门地理信息数据库和应用系统。地理信息已经广泛应用于网络位置搜索、车载导航、移动目标监控、数码相机、便携式移动导航、智能交通、智能通信、游戏等诸多方面。
    党和国家领导人高度重视地理信息产业发展，各级政府大力支持地理信息产业发展，社会大众和部门单位需求非常旺盛，一个新的地理信息时代已经到来，对经济增长的拉动作用强，发展空间极大，前景广阔。
    推动地理信息产业发展的对策包括：
    1. 制定地理信息产业发展战略
    继续把培育和促进产业大发展、大繁荣作为重点工作来抓，加快出台促进地理信息产业发展的指导意见，制定发布地理信息产业发展战略与规划。站在经济社会需求的角度和国家信息化建设的前沿，着力推动地理信息产业发展。
    2. 调整地理信息市场准入政策
    健全地理信息市场准入管理制度，完善现有测绘资质标准，继续实行适度宽松的准入政策，吸纳更多的企业和人员参与，壮大产业队伍，满足社会需求。
    3. 创新地理信息安全保密措施
    对现有安全保密制度和措施进行系统评估，加快制定和发布地理信息分层方案和遥感影像公开使用管理办法，建立健全地理信息安全监管机制，加强对地理信息数据生产和提供、获取和使用过程的安全管理。
    4. 设立促进地理信息产业发展的专项资金
    通过设置相关示范推广和产业化推进项目等，对地理信息领域的品牌培育、技术创新、产学研平台搭建等进行重点支持。引导和鼓励企业兼并重组，发展知名品牌和龙头企业。
    5. 加强基础地理信息资源支持
    加快基础地理信息数据资源建设，进一步丰富基础地理信息资源，科学调整基础地理信息数据体系。开发多样化基础地理信息产品，最大限度地向企业提供基础地理信息数据支持，鼓励企业利用地理信息公共平台进行增值开发。
    6. 引进来与走出去相结合
    在引进来方面，一是充分利用国外丰富的全球地理信息资源；二是加强技术交流与合作，积极吸纳国外先进的技术为我所用，增强竞争力；三是引进与借鉴国外地理信息成熟和实用的产品与服务。在走出去方面，一是输出具有自主知识产权的地理信息产品、技术与标准；二是鼓励企业在境外开展并购与投资，收购境外技术与品牌；三是扩大服务外包，积极开拓国际市场；四是开展全球地图制图工程，重点是我国周边、全球热点和敏感区域。
    推动地理信息产业发展的建议如下：
    1. 将地理信息产业纳入国家战略性新兴产业规划
    将地理信息产业纳入国家战略性新兴产业规划，将地理信息企业纳入高新技术企业范畴。加大对地理信息产业的信贷支持，为中小地理信息企业提供更多融资服务。支持地理信息企业参与政府采购，推动企业自主创新产品在政府采购及投资项目中的应用。
    2. 科学合理调整地理信息保密政策
    协调有关部门加快修订《测绘管理工作国家秘密范围的规定》和《关于对外提供我国测绘资料的若干规定》等有关地理信息保密政策，科学确定地理信息保密内容，放开地理信息中位置精度的保密限制，在保障国家安全的前提下，促进地理信息的广泛应用。
    3. 加大国家基础测绘投入力度
    目前，由于总体投入相对需求严重不足，还存在基础地理信息数据种类少、信息不丰富、更新缓慢等问题，迫切需要国家增加对基础测绘的经费支持，加快基础地理信息资源建设与更新，提高信息现势性。
    4. 统筹协调航空航天遥感影像获取
    将高分辨率卫星遥感影像获取、处理、服务活动纳入测绘管理范畴，支持国家测绘局统筹协调测绘卫星资源的建设以及国外高分辨率卫星遥感影像的集中采购和统一分发，统筹协调国内测绘航空摄影的规划与实施，避免使用财政投资重复进行航空摄影。
 

Geographic information industry is the rapid growth of new industries. In recent years, the rapid development of geographic information industry, not only in national information and modernization construction played a prominent role, but also in promoting economic growth and maintaining social stability, has made important contributions. With the rapid economic and social development, especially the people of the growing demand for geographic information, geographic information industry has seen tremendous development potential and unlimited prospects.
    Management information industry output value of China's rapid growth in the size, in 2008 the total size of the output value to 600 billion yuan, in 2009 more than 75 billion yuan, with an average annual growth rate of 20%. The rapid expansion of the number of units to the end of 2008, China engaged in geographic information collection, processing and mapping services, and has qualified a total of 11269 enterprises, the total increase over 2003 by 47%. Employees in a significant increase in 2008 employed about 40 million people, including surveying and mapping qualifications employed about 26 million units, accounting for 65%. Bases solid progress in 2003 in Heilongjiang Province, China began building the first Geographic Information Industrial Park; in 2007 began construction of Xi'an, navigation industry base, becoming China's first state-level navigation and engineering technology business incubator center; Development Zone in Wuhan, the construction of Gedian National Geo-Spatial Information Industry Base, the total invested in 50 billion yuan. From 2005 to 2008, basic geographic information and data with a total volume of more than 20% annual growth rate. Land resources, transportation, water conservancy, railway, civil affairs, agriculture, construction, environmental protection, forestry and other departments have built a department of geographic information databases and applications. Geographic information has been widely used in network location search, car navigation, mobile target monitoring, digital cameras, portable mobile navigation, intelligent transportation, intelligent communication, games and other aspects.
    Party and state leaders have attached great importance to the development of geographic information industry, all levels of government support the development of geographic information industry, the social needs of the public and departmental units are very strong, a new geographic information age has arrived and the role of economic growth strong, developing space enormously bright future.
    To promote the development of geographic information industry, measures include:
    1. To develop the geographic information industry development strategy
    Continue to foster and promote the major industrial development and prosperity as a key task to speed up introduction of geographic information industry to promote the development of guidance, to formulate and release the geographic information industry development strategy and planning. Standing economic and social needs of the angle and the forefront of national construction and strive to promote the geographic information industry.
    2. Adjustment of geographic information market access policy
    Improve market access of geographic information management system, improve the existing qualification standards for surveying and mapping, to continue to implement appropriate liberal access policy to attract more businesses and to take part in expanding the ranks of industry to meet the needs of society.
    3. Innovative geographic information security measures
    Of the existing security systems and measures for system evaluation to accelerate the development and dissemination of geographic information and remote sensing images layered public use management methods, and establish geographic information security and regulatory mechanism to enhance the production and delivery of geographic information and data, access and use of security management.
    4. The establishment of the geographic information industry development special fund
    Model by setting the relevant promotion and industrial promotion projects, etc., geographical information field brand cultivation, technological innovation, production and research platform focused support structures etc.. To guide and encourage enterprises to mergers and reorganizations, the development of well-known brands and leading enterprises.
    5. Strengthen basic geographic information resources to support the
    GIS data resources to speed up infrastructure construction, further enrich the basic geographic information resources, science and adjust the basic geographic information data system. Development of basic geographic diversification of information products, to maximize the provision of basic geographic information to the enterprise data support the use of geographic information to encourage enterprises to add value to the development of public platform.
    6. Bringing in combination with going out
    In the introduction to, first, make full use of foreign-rich global geo-information resources; second is to strengthen technical exchanges and cooperation, and actively absorb foreign advanced technology for our own use, to enhance competitiveness; 3 is the introduction of geographic information with reference to foreign mature and practical The products and services. In going out, first, the output with independent intellectual property rights of geographic information products, technology and standards; second is to encourage enterprises to carry out overseas mergers and acquisitions and investment, acquire, technology and brand names; 3 is to expand the service outsourcing, and actively explore the international market; 4 Global Map is to carry out mapping projects, focusing on China's periphery, the world's hot spots and sensitive areas.
    Geographic information industry to promote the development of recommendations are as follows:
    1. The geographic information industry, new industries into the national strategic planning
    The geographic information industry, new industries into national strategic planning, geographical information enterprises into areas of high-tech enterprises. Increase the geographic information industry, credit support for small and medium enterprises to provide more financing of geographic information services. Support enterprises to participate in government procurement of geographic information, encourage enterprises to independent innovation products in government procurement and investment projects in the application.
    2. A scientific and rational adjustment of Geographic Information Privacy Policy
    Coordinate with relevant departments to speed up amendments to "surveying and mapping the management of the scope of the provisions of state secrets" and "on the outside to provide mapping information in a number of provisions in China" and other relevant geographic information policy of secrecy and confidentiality of geographic information science to determine the content of geographic information in the release position accuracy of confidentiality restrictions, under the premise of national security and promote the wider use of geographic information.
    3. Increase the national basic surveying and mapping input
    At present, the relative demand due to a serious shortage of inputs in general, there are few basic geographic information data, the information is not rich, slow update problem, the urgent need for countries to increase financial support for basic surveying and mapping, geographic information resources to speed up infrastructure construction and update, improve information potential of the current.
    4. Co-ordination of aerospace remote sensing image acquisition
    The high-resolution satellite remote sensing image acquisition, processing, management of service activities into the areas of surveying and mapping in support of the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping mapping coordinate the construction of satellite resources, as well as foreign high-resolution satellite remote sensing images, centralized procurement and distribution of a unified, co-ordinate the harmonization of national surveying and mapping aerial photography The planning and implementation of financial investment to avoid the repeated use of aerial photography.