Geovis and Huawei Are Driving the Aerospace Industry to New Heights

On June 21, 2022, at Huawei's exhibition center in Beijing, Geovis Technology Co.,Ltd signed a cooperation agreement with Huawei, signaling the start of a long relationship for the quest for creating AI-powered remote sensing solutions based on MindSpore. Together, the two companies will build an open source ecosystem comprising intelligent remote sensing technologies from ground to space, fueling aerospace development.

Founded in 2006 and listed in July 2020, Geovis Technology is a state-owned high-tech enterprise sponsored by the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) under Chinese Academy of Sciences. The company develops and sells digital earth platforms and products that process and facilitate usage of aerospace big data, supporting the development of digital economy, smart city, and other smart projects. Integrating the next-generation information and GIS technologies, its self-made GEOVIS takes the lead in China's digital earth industry.

With the agreement, the two parties will build benchmark projects on the Ascend software/hardware platform and MindSpore framework, to develop smart applications for governments, enterprises, and common users, covering a range of scenarios. These include city and village governance, agriculture, forestry, emergency response, and transportation. Leveraging the GEOVIS and Ascend platform, the two parties are working jointly to build an open source ecosystem for intelligent remote sensing.

At the signing ceremony, Mr. Zhang Dongya, General Manager of Huawei Beijing, expressed that Huawei hoped to explore a way to promote the use of large pre-trained models in the remote sensing field, and announced how he looked forward to working closely with Geovis Technology to assist industry partners in developing applications.

Mr. Fu Kun, Vice President of the AIR and Chairman of the Geovis Technology, explained how a GEOVIS-oriented industry chain designed for aerospace information could support development. Fu discussed that this was perfectly complemented by Huawei, whose experience in technological R&D has created an ICT infrastructure portfolio, covering smart devices, digital energy, cloud services, and other fields. He also emphasized this cooperation would inject momentum in the development of China's aerospace information industry.

Another speaker was Mr. Shao Zongyou, Vice Chairman and CEO of the Geovis Technology. Shao explained the role of digital earth platforms for connecting satellite resources and industry applications on the ground, and how it could support the innovation of aerospace information technologies. Together, said Shao, this would be a win-win situation for both parties to drive the high-quality development of digital economy.

The final representative of Huawei was Mr. Tian Kunyang, Vice President of Ascend Computing Business, who stated that the AI industry had reached a critical point. Tian explained in his speech that superb computing power and big data were set to empower foundation models, innovate industry applications, and implement AI projects. The cooperation between Huawei and the Geovis Technology will promote the application of models developed on the Ascend platform and MindSpore in fields such as natural resources and transportation.

At the golden time of AI evolution, Huawei and Geovis will surely progress the use of Ascend AI in intelligent remote sensing, to build a vibrant open source ecosystem.