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Abstract

The concept of the virtual geographic environment (VGE) was proposed just 10 years, but it has become one of the most dynamic and creative research fields in cartography and has drawn wide attention and discussion. First, the cognitive aspect of the virtual geographical environment is a three-dimensional, dynamic and interactive geographical space, the cognitive method is more in line with human cognitive law, as well as the extension and expansion of the map as a tool for human spatial cognition; second, the emergence and development of the virtual geographical environment has always been closely related to the latest computer technology and has been supported by the latest software and hardware in the field of information, and the development process has been advancing quickly; and third, the integration of various professional application models and geospatial environment models gives the virtual geographical environment vigorous vitality, which has gained a large number of valuable theoretical and technical achievements and has been widely used. However, due to the complexity of the real geographical space, the present research results remain some distance away from a complete solution to these practical problems.

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Wan, G., Lin, H., Zhu, Q., Liu, Y. (2021). Virtual Geographical Environment. In: Wang, J., Wu, F. (eds) Advances in Cartography and Geographic Information Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0614-4_12

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