Wednesday, November 25, 2015

China’s First High-Resolution Satellite Maps Large Part of World

The Ziyuan IIIChina’s first high-resolution stereo mapping satellite for civilian use has sent back visual data covering 69.45 million square kilometres of the globe. Its mapping precision is higher than the other nation’s satellites. It was launched in January 2012.
  • The satellite produced images of 190 million square kilometres of fields for mapping, land, mining and water conservancy.
  • The satellite has offered services to aid the country’s land supervision, land sales, forest-resources survey, geological monitoring, water-resources management, emergency response and navigation map.
The Ziyuan III 02 satellite is planned to be launched in 2016 while another stereo mapping satellite Gaofen-7 is expected to be launched in 2018.

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