First of all, the necessity of the authentic, unique and universal digital city geospatial framework construction was summarized in this paper. And then, the general idea, construction progress, effect and impact were introduced in detail. After that, according to the times development, technology progress and demand change, the new development opportunities, challenges and problems that the geospatial framework facing now were discussed. Finally, the construction goal and contents of spatiotemporal framework in the smart city stage were clearly stated in this paper, as well as the direction of technical breakthrough in the next step.