Thursday, August 2nd, 2012
China is expected to introduce policies in August that will give preferential treatment to the geoinformation industry, which is predicted to produce 1 trillion yuan ($157 billion) worth of goods and services by 2020, said an industry source. The policies, which are likely to be issued by the State Council this month, will call for
Friday, June 1st, 2012
China on Friday made clear its stance at the upcoming United Nations (UN) Conference on Sustainable Development and called for more support from developed countries. In a report themed on sustainable development released on Friday, China said the UN conference should promise full implementation of the consensus reached at the 1992 UN Conference on Environment
Thursday, May 24th, 2012
The Ziyuan III satellite, launched on January 9 to produce high-resolution imagery for civilian use, has sent back visual data covering 45.79 million square km of the globe as of May 18, according to an announcement on Wednesday. A statement released by the National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation said the satellite marked a
Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
After several months of preparation, a new Sino-UK Geospatial Engineering Centre has been launched formally in Beijing. It will be run jointly by NASG, China’s National Administration for Survey, Mapping and Geoinformation — through its academic arm the Chinese Academy of Survey and Mapping (CASM) — and The University of Nottingham. The Centre will develop geospatial
