According to the query of the official website of Shanxi Province Geographic Information Resources Directory Service System, Shanxi Province Geographic Information Center of Surveying and Mapping Institute was established in 1984, formerly known as the "Shanxi Provincial Surveying and Mapping Bureau of Surveying and Mapping Science Research Institute", and renamed "Shanxi Province in 2000, the comprehensive geographic information center". Comprehensive Geographic Information Center". Now the center has the province's richest content, the widest coverage, the most current geospatial data, is the province's big data construction of an important support unit.
Provincial Department of Science and Technology identified as one of the province's 102 scientific research institutes, is the only one in Shanxi Province, surveying and mapping of geographic information engineering technology research center of the main relying units. It has undertaken dozens of major projects at the provincial and ministerial levels, and has won more than ten provincial and ministerial scientific and technological progress awards, and its scientific research capability is at the forefront of the industry.