Abstract: Based on the population location data of the LBS network, combined with different natural environment factors, the influence of different natural environments on the spatial pattern of the population was analyzed using GIS and geodetector software. The results showed that： ①The population spatial pattern of Hubei Province was characterized by dense in the east and sparse in the west, and concentrated in the south and dispersed in the north; ②The intensity of the influence of natural environmental factors on the spatial distribution of the population from large to small was annual average temperature, average elevation, relative height difference, surface roughness, river network density, annual average precipitation, relative humidity, dryness, and net primary productivity; ③Between different natural environmental factors, except for annual average precipitation and relative humidity, there were no significant differences between and other factors. ④The superposition of any two types of natural environmental factors affected the spatial pattern of population in two-factor enhancement or non-linear enhancement.

Key words: natural environment, LBS, population distribution, human-land relationship, geographic detector