技术举措的强劲进展

这个问题包括各种各样的文章和报告，这些文章和报告通过揭大技术强劲进展以及对主要新技术举措的真正影响。

The main article in this issue describes an exciting development at Plowman Craven which demonstrates what can be achieved if there are clear objectives and the will and resources to solve a problem. The success of VOGEL R3D also shows that collaboration between the service provider and the client is necessary and beneficial to both sides. The successful use of a drone to provide an accurate survey serves to demonstrate that drones not only make a job easier and provide useful images but also give better results. The article which follows, by Charlton Bland, makes the point that operating a drone for an accurate survey requires a professional approach with a full understanding of the issues involved. Clearly Plowman Craven has the experience to do that.

I promised in my first editorial that地理学世界将提供一个论坛进行讨论和在这个问题中，我们有三篇文章，提供了邀请进一步发表评论的意见。Brian Coutts继续讨论关于揭大词的使用，并建议我们成为地理空间测量师。这是可接受的，还是不关心的东西？也许我们已经变得如此习惯于向非测量师解释我们所做的事情以及我们所知道的，这是我们所谓的并不重要。我们还讨论了是否使用成熟的净内部区域（NIA），或者最近的衡量建筑空间和理查德新郎的国际财产测量标准（IPMS）在他的智能峰会会议上提出了一些有趣的问题。智能城市的概念非常有吸引力，但我们知道它的意思是什么，我们可以使它成为现实吗？GW.肯定会在将来更加覆盖这个话题，并将探索地理位置和地理空间测量师在实现智能城市的作用。

本赛季的第一个RICS Geomatics晚上讲座于10月举行，并涵盖了点云的特征提取的主题。人工智能（AI）是一个术语来描述机器的明显智能行为，而深入学习和神经网络是实现这一目标的方法。在他的讲座中，David Selviah描述了他的团队如何应用这些方法来提取点云的功能。本问题上的ISPRS地理空间周（GSW）的报告是指使用这些技术，我们将更多地听到用于处理地理空间数据的AI。

International affairs are covered in reports from Intergeo, UN-GGIM and the ISPRS Geospatial Week. In a month which has seen the Chinese National People's Congress in the news, the GSW and the UN-GGIM reports show that there is a lot of activity in China and that the Chinese are determined to play a major role in the development of geospatial science and commerce. The presence of Asian companies at Intergeo is also noted in that report. The report on Intergeo confirms that the issues highlighted here are indeed attracting attention globally with UAVs being the most mentioned technology and a widening range of applications with added value being a key trend.

The Editorial Board ofGW.met in October and endorsed the mission which I set out in the September/October issue. We also agreed a plan for 2018 which includes themes for each issue. In January this will be laser scanning and UAVs, March will feature Earth observation and May, education; contributions on these topics will be very welcome.

对于两个20世纪60年代的音乐家，Joni Mitchell和Paul Simons，这必须是不寻常的GW.在相当独立的文章中。无论这表明作家的年龄，还是我不知道的地理空间测量师的文化利益，但对任何读杂志的人都特别提到了足以找到两者的人。

本文于2017年11月/ 12月在地理世界刊登