Problem, Innovation and Development of Gis Higher Education in Our Country

Geographic Information System (GIS) is a Spatial Information Science which is interdisciplinary subject. It has aroused extensive concern in the whole world and developed rapidly. In our country, GIS technology enlightened in 1970s and 1980s, developed in 1980s, promoted in 1990s, and is popularized and extensively applied in every trade in the 21st century. Now, a relatively complete GIS education system with specifically Chinese characters has been established in China. But, along with economic development and all-round social progress and interdisciplinary subjects progress,it is a important problem to our development strategy for science and technology that how to promote innovations of GIS education and maintain a sustained, rapid and sound development so as to make GIS technology serve socialist better.In this paper, the current problems consist in GIS education in our country are analyzed firstly. Then author elaborate GIS education from various angles, for example, subject innovation, theory innovation, technology innovation, educational system innovation, educational mode innovation, educational methods innovation and training of scientific and technical personnel with innovative ideas, etc. Finally prospect of GIS education is put forward in our country.