Yin Gao

Dr. Yin Gao


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Academic Career Length

3Years (2024-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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11 August 2025 in Journal of Environmental Management
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DYDehu Yang
Dehu Yang
YGYin Gao
Yin Gao
CJChen Jun
Chen Jun
XLXiao Li
Xiao Li
ZLZhilin Li
Zhilin Li
CYCunjian Yang
Cunjian Yang

21 October 2024 in The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
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YGYin Gao
Yin Gao
ZZZhaokun Zhai
Zhaokun Zhai
BZBianli Zhao
Bianli Zhao
SZShiquan Zhao
Shiquan Zhao
HLHao Li
Hao Li
China has launched a national 3D mapping program to build 3D Realistic geospatial Landscape Model (3dRGLm) over the whole country, covering both cities and countryside. The 3dRGLM is a digital description and representation of the real 3D geospatial spaces, and is defined as a new generation geospatial data product with 3D structures, realistic scenes, and geospatial entities. Such a national or local 3dRGLm will set up a digital 3D realistic geospatial space which can facilitate the vital connection with the real geospatial space, and will serve as a new generation of geospatial information infrastructure for our society. With the acquisition of complex 3D spatial data continues to advance, managing and utilizing the massive volumes of 3D data to provide spatiotemporal empowerment applications has become a significant technological challenge. This paper analyzes the technical characteristics of 3d realistic geospatial landscape model, and then proposes the main content and basic structure of a 3d realistic geospatial landscape model database, as well as the spatiotemporal service empowerment methods based on the database. Finally, a case analysis is provided to serve as a reference for the construction and application of 3d realistic geospatial landscape.

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QKQIN KAI
QIN KAI
Jing LiJing Li
Jing Li
Sisi ZlatanovaSisi Zlatanova
Sisi Zlatanova
HWHaitao Wu
Haitao Wu
HWHao Wu
Hao Wu
SXShicheng Xu
Shicheng Xu
With the rapid evolution of Digital Twins and Embodied AI, achieving fast, dense, and high-precision 3D perception in unknown environments has become paramount. However, existing Visual SLAM paradigms face a critical dilemma: geometry-based methods often fail in texture-less areas due to feature scarcity, while learning-based approaches frequently suffer from scale drift and unphysical deformations. To bridge this gap, we propose VGGT-Geo, a novel SLAM system that synergizes generative priors from Large Foundation Models with multi-modal geometric optimization. Distinguishing itself from simple cascaded architectures, we construct a Probabilistic Geometric Fusion framework, consisting of (1) Generative Warm-start, leveraging the holistic scene understanding capabilities of the VGGT, (2) Confidence-Aware Optimization to extract dense features via DINOv3 and predict their confidence map, and (3) a Multi-Modal Constraint Closure that fuses point-line features and metric depth priors to constrain rotational Degrees of Freedom in Manhattan Worlds. We conducted systematic evaluations on TUM, Replica, Tanks and Temples, and a challenging self-collected dataset featuring extreme lighting and texture-less walls. Experimental results demonstrate that VGGT-Geo exhibits superior robustness and accuracy in unseen environments. On our most challenging dataset, it achieves an Absolute Trajectory Error of 4–5 cm and a Relative Rotation Error of 0.79°, outperforming current state-of-the-art methods by approximately 50% in trajectory accuracy. This study validates that synergizing the intuition of Large Foundation Models with geometric rigor is a viable path toward next-generation robust SLAM.

26 November 2025 in The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
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SZShiquan Zhao
Shiquan Zhao
JLJianjun Liu
Jianjun Liu
JLJianwei Liu
Jianwei Liu
YGYin Gao
Yin Gao
BZBianli Zhao
Bianli Zhao
ZZZhaokun Zhai
Zhaokun Zhai
A geographic entity is an abstract representation of a real-world geographic object or phenomenon, characterized by its location, extent, processes, interrelationships, and attributes. It serves as a fundamental unit for spatial process modelling across various domains, such as land cover change simulation, wetland management, geological monitoring, etc. Yet, current research typically emphasizes either definitional frameworks for entities or domain-specific knowledge graphs tailored to one-off analytical use cases in specific fields, thereby constraining generalizability and impeding sustained applicability in the absence of dynamic update mechanisms. To address these challenges and enable full lifecycle management and spatiotemporal knowledge discovery for geographic entities, this study introduces the Spatiotemporal Evolution Knowledge Graph (SEKG) along with its incremental update methodologies, a generalized framework built on the Property Graph model and derived from analyses of how geographic entities and their interrelationships evolve in real-world. Then, we validated the SEKG's robustness and effectiveness by implementing it based on subset of China's National Fundamental Geographic Entity Data using Neo4j and by conducting a series of comparative experiments against PostGIS-based geographic entity database. The validation demonstrates that SEKG could effectively and cohesively organize comprehensive geographic entity information, including location, extent, attributes, interrelationships, and evolution processes, while supporting incremental updates for long-term lifecycle management of geographic entities. Furthermore, as a semantic-based spatiotemporal knowledge structure, the SEKG could facilitate advanced applications such as spatiotemporal evolution simulation, semantic mining, etc. It is expected that this work may serve as a valuable reference for entity-based data management, spatiotemporal modelling, and knowledge discovery.

21 October 2024 in The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
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ZZZhaokun Zhai
Zhaokun Zhai
YGYin Gao
Yin Gao
JLJianjun Liu
Jianjun Liu
JLJianwei Liu
Jianwei Liu
JCJian Che
Jian Che
Geospatial data refers to data that related to spatial location. It is the abstract representation of objects, events, or other characteristic information located on or near the surface of the Earth. It characterizes attribute features, spatial features, and associated information of geospatial features. Geospatial data commonly include various data types such as point, polyline, polygon, and so on. Geospatial database is the basic method to store and manage geospatial data. It is also the important component of geographic information systems (GIS). Geospatial database generally stores data in a specific structure in a medium, which can achieve efficient management of geospatial data. Users can add, modify, and delete data efficiently. Furthermore, query retrieval and statistical analysis can be quickly performed based on geospatial database. In this paper, distributed geospatial database is constructed by using database partition tables storage technology. Meanwhile, database construction software is developed to achieve the construction, management, and application of large-scale geospatial data. It can improve data import, query and retrieval efficiency significantly. The database application service system can directly connect to the database for displaying statistical analysis results. At the same time, geospatial data are processed to vector tiles, which stored in the tile database. Furthermore, standard online service is then published, which can be used for database management and application service system. It can be used for natural resource management work such as basic surveying, survey and monitoring, and so on.