Digital Earth: The Third Leap in Human Understanding of the Earth

Author: Li Qi
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Publish Date: 1999-04-01
Features: This book is an advanced popular science reading. "Digital Earth" is another leap in human understanding of the Earth after the Age of Discovery and the heliocentric theory proposed by Copernicus and Galileo. It is both a national strategy and a technical system, as well as a scientific and cultural concept. It is an advanced ecosystem residing on the Internet, primarily populated by "spatial agents," known as the "digital ecosystem." So far, humans have achieved all-weather monitoring of the Earth, but we are still far from the goal of controlling it. On an Earth teetering on the brink of imbalance, nature mercilessly retaliates against us. "Digital Earth" will help humanity monitor the Earth. This book is an advanced popular science reading. "Digital Earth" is another leap in human understanding of the Earth after the Age of Discovery and the heliocentric theory proposed by Copernicus and Galileo. It is both a national strategy and a technical system, as well as a scientific and cultural concept. It is an advanced ecosystem residing on the Internet, primarily populated by "spatial agents," known as the "digital ecosystem." So far, humans have achieved all-weather monitoring of the Earth, but we are still far from the goal of controlling it. On an Earth teetering on the brink of imbalance, nature mercilessly retaliates against us. "Digital Earth" will help humanity monitor the Earth.