
Personal Profile: I have long been engaged in fundamental research related to GeoVIS and GeoAI. In recent years, I have published over 50 academic papers in high-level domestic and international journals and academic conferences, including PR, ISPRS P&RS, IJGIS, JEM, CaGIS, IJDE, ATMOS RES, TGIS, JoV, GeoCarto, 计算机辅助设计与图形学学报,测绘学报,武汉大学学报(信息科学版). I have also applied for 6 invention patents. I serve as an editorial board member for the international journal Scientific Reports (starting from 2025) and have acted as a reviewer for over two dozen mainstream academic journals, such as ISPRS P&RS, AUTCON, PR, INFFUS, IJGIS, NEUCOM, IEEE J-STARS, CaGIS, TGIS, 测绘学报, 武汉大学学报(信息科学版). I have been honored with the titles of "Excellent Reviewer of 2024" and "Candidate for Best Paper of 2024" by 测绘学报.
I'm always looking for highly self-motivated PhD/master students, visiting students, and undergraduate interns (RAs) to work with me. Please directly send your CV to me (trentonwei [AT] whu.edu.cn) if you find my research interesting.
1. Up-coming Papers (✟First author *Corresponding author)
(3) Z. Wei, M. Zhang, B. Lu, Z. Deng, N. Yang, H. Liao*, "From Static to Dynamic: Evaluating the Perceptual Impact of Dynamic Elements in Urban Scenes Using Generative Inpainting" , Cities (Under review). [Arxiv]
(2) Z. Wei, Y. Liu, H. Liao, W. Xu*, "Thinking on Maps: How Foundation Model Agents Explore, Remember, and Reason Map Environments" , GIScience and Remote Sensing (Under review). [Arxiv]
(1) M. Wu, M. Zhang, H. Liao, N. Yang, J. Shi, Z. Wei*, "A Method for Maintaining Label Position Stability in Bilingual Map Switching by Combining Semantic Line Breaking and Genetic Algorithm (结合语义换行与遗传算法的双语地图切换注记位置稳定性保持方法)" , Journal of Geomatics (测绘地理信息).
2. Published Journal Papers (✟First author *Corresponding author)
(57) Z Wei, Y. Wang, N. Yang*, H. Liao, Z. Zhou, W. Xu, "MapColor-Agent: a large language model-integrated multi-agent framework for administrative map color design (MapColor-Agent:融合大语言模型与多智能体的行政区划图配色框架)" , (测绘学报)(2026).
(56) H. Liao *, B. Lu, Q. Tong Z. Wei, W. Dong, "Evaluating the Potential of Profiling Users from Visual Behavior Data in Pedestrian Navigation" , Cartography and Geographic Information Science (2026).
(55) C. Liu, Z. Wei, H. Liao*, W. Dong, "Can AI Observe Geographical Space? GVSABench for Evaluating Geo-Visuospatial Ability of Large Multimodal Models" , Transactions in GIS (2026).
(54) ✟S. Zhang, Z. Wei*, W. Xu, L. Zhang, Y. Wang, J. Zhang, J. Liu, "TS-SatMVSNet: Slope Aware Height Estimation for Large-Scale Earth Terrain Multi-view Stereo" , IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (2026).
(53)✟ Y. Li, W. Xu*, G. Li, Z. Yu, Z Wei, J. Wang, M. Peng, "UniRS: Unifying Multi-temporal Remote Sensing Tasks through Vision Language Models" , Arxiv. [PDF][Project]
(52) ✟ W. Xu *, ✟ Y. Yao, ✟ J. Cao, Z. Wei, C. Liu, J. Liu, M. Peng, "UAV-VisLoc: A Large-scale Dataset for UAV Visual Localization" , 2024. [Arxiv] [Project][Zhihu].
(51) ✟Z. Wei*, N. Yang, W. Xu, S. Ding, M. Li, Y. Chen, R. Guo "Point Label Placement in 3D Geographic Scene via Elastic Beam Algorithm" , International journal of Digital Earth (2025). [Arxiv][News].
(50) ✟ W. Xu *, R. Yu, M. Xue, Y. Zhang, Z. Wei, Z. Zhang, M. Peng, "A Survey on Remote Sensing Multimodal Large Language Models: Framework, Core Technologies, and Future Perspectives(遥感多模态大语言模型:架构、关键技术和未来展望)" , Journal of Radars(雷达学报) (2025). [PDF].
(49) ✟ N. Yang, Y. Wang, F. Wu, Z. Wei*"MapColorAI: Designing Contextually Relevant Choropleth Map Color Schemes Using a Large Language Model" , Cartography and Geographic Information Science (2025). [Arxiv][PDF].
(48) ✟ Z. Wei*, J. Shi, N. Yang, W. Xu, M. Li, R. Guo, "Multi-row labels: A case study for POIs" , Transactions in GIS (2025). [PDF][Video] [News][Project].
(47) ✟Z. Wei*, N. Yang, W. Xu, S. Ding, M. Li, Y. Li, R. Guo, "Optimized Point Labeling with Leaders in 3D Geographic Scenarios Using the Beams Displacement Method(三维地理场景下带引线点要素注记的优化配置Beams移位方法)" , Journal of Computer-Aided Design & Computer Graphics(计算机辅助设计与图形学学报) (2025), [PDF][News].
(46) ✟ Z. Wei*, N. Yang, S. Ding, Y. Chen, R. Guo, "Genetic Algorithm for Stable Updating of Point Feature Annotation in Geographic Animations(地理视频中稳定点要素注记更新的遗传算法)" , Bulletin of Surveying and Mapping(测绘通报)(2025).
(45) ✟ Z. Wei*, N. Yang, Y. Chen, R. Guo, "Generalized application of map generalization methods in the era of pan-map(泛地图时代的地图综合方法泛化应用)" , Bulletin of Surveying and Mapping(测绘通报)(2025).
(44) ✟N. Yang, X. Pang, J. Lv, Z. Wei*, "Comparative Study on Continuous and Discontinuous Dorling Maps" , Transactions in GIS(2024), [PDF] [Project][News].
(43) X. Chen, W. Diao, S. Zhang, Z. Wei*, C. Liu*, "SA-MVSNet: Slope feature-aware and across-scale information integration for Large-Scale Earth Terrain Multi-view Stereo" , Remote Sensing (2024), [PDF]
(42) ✟Y. Li*, M. Yao, Z. Wei, Z. Zhao, S. Tang, R. Guo, "Adaptive Generation Method For Interior Mapping Oriented Towards Lightweight Visualization (轻量化室内透视贴图的自适应生成方法)" , Bulletin of Surveying and Mapping (测绘通报)(2024),[PDF].
(41) ✟Z. Wei*, ✟N. Yang "Using Negative Spatial Auto-correlation Index to Evaluate and Improve Intrinsic Tag Map’s Multi-Scale Visualization Capabilities" , Cartography and Geographic Information Science(2024),[PDF] [Project][News].
(40) ✟S. Ding *, Z. Wei*, S. Liu, R. Zhao, "Uncovering the Evolution of Ozone Pollution in China: A Spatiotemporal Characteristics reconstruction from 1980 to 2021" , Atmospheric Research(2024), [PDF].
(39) ✟Z. Wei*, N. Yang, W. Xu, S. Ding, "Generating grid maps via the Snake model" , Transactions in GIS(2024), [PDF] [Project] [News].
3. Published Conference Papers (✟First author *Corresponding author)
(4) L. Y, W Xu*, Y. Zhang, Z. Wei, M. Peng, "BTCCHAT: ADVANCING REMOTE SENSING BI-TEMPORAL CHANGE CAPTIONING WITH MULTIMODAL LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL", ICASSP 2026(Oral).
(3) ✟Z. Wei*, N. Yang, W. Xu, S. Ding, "Optimized Point Labeling with Leaders in 3D Geographic Scenarios Using the Beams Displacement Method(三维地理场景下带引线点要素注记的优化配置Beams移位方法)" , ChinaVIS2024(Oral). [News].
(2) ✟W. Xu*, Z. Yu, Z. Wei, J. Wang, M. Peng, "EGENERALIZED CATEGORY DISCOVERY FOR REMOTE SENSING IMAGE SCENE CLASSIFICATION", IGRASS 2024(Oral).
(1) ✟Z. Wei*, W. Xu, S. Ding, S. Zhang, Y. Wang*, "Efficient and Stable Circular Cartogram for Time-varying Data", ChinaVis 2022(Oral),[PDF],[Project Page].
4. Patent (In Chinese)
(5) 许文嘉, 王一旭, 孙倩, 魏智威, 彭木根, "一种基于可解释多任务模型的预测与解释方法及装置", (2024).
(4) 魏智威, 许文嘉, 张嵩, 王洋, 刘纯波, "一种规则面域拓扑地图的优化布局方法及装置", (2024).
(3) 王洋, 俞信, 陈星, 许光銮, 王毅, 胡乃坤, 李峰, 魏智威, 刘纯波, "一种松耦合的多维数据融合同步显示方法及系统", (2023).
(2) 魏智威, 王洋, 周鑫, 张源奔, 郭岩, 林道玉, 许文嘉, "一对多流向图布局方法、装置", (2022).
(1) 郭庆胜, 魏智威, 周思嘉, 童莹, 张健, 何捷, 刘洋, "一种行政区划图自动着色的地图色彩效果优选方法", (2018).