Earth Observation Center in China

China to establish Earth Observation centre

A key scientific centre for earth observation that would develop geometrics technologies, which are increasingly important in the country's development, will be established soon announced scientists at Chinese Academy of Sciences.

“Geomatics technologies have been widely applied in several areas of China's development, such as energy and resources, environment, oceanic and weather observation and city planning,” said Jiang Mianheng, Vice-President of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).

Geomatics describes activities formerly known as surveying, mapping and the like. The center will also build a national platform on remote sensing, taking the technology to a new level, Jiang said.

"Our goal is to build an internationally-renowned research centre on earth observation and digital earth technologies and to meet key needs of China's development," the centre’s director Guo Huadong said.

The centre will include a receiving station for earth-observation data, which, upon completion, will be able to receive 70 percent of the satellite data of the Asian continent.

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