Abstract
The 21st century, with the rapid development of information technology (IT), digital life gradually penetrated into every aspect of production and life. To investigate the use of digital life, each country throughout the world, including of China, started planning for digital nation and digital city project. Effective information tools, such as geographic information system (GIS), help to deal with spatial data and complex interactions in city and nation construction. In order to systematically realize the goal of urban planning and constantly promote the level of urbanization, this literature is reviewed for the applications of GIS in the past, of land management, urban and rural planning, traffic management and environmental management. Besides, it puts forward the digital nation expect of GIS applications in the future.
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