China Releases 30-meter-resolution Global Forest Cover Map

BEIJING, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- China has achieved a 30-meter-resolution Global Forest Cover Map (GFCM) of 2018 for forest management, according to the Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences on Wednesday.

Nov 21, 2019

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China Launches Big Earth Data System

BEIJING, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- A big Earth data system was launched at the 1st China Digital Earth Conference that opened Monday in Beijing.

Nov 18, 2019

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China Remote Sensing Satellite Ground Station Confirms Data Reception from GaoFen-7 Satellite

The China Remote Sensing Satellite Ground Station (RSGS) under the Aerospace Information Research Institute has successfully tracked and received 6-track of data from the newly launched Earth observation satellite Gaofen-7 (or GF-7) from November 4 to 6. A total of 616.6 GB of data was received.

Nov 15, 2019

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AIR to Build National Earth Observation Data Center

A review meeting was held at AIR on September 2 to discuss the construction of the National Earth Observation Data Center (NODA). Prof. LI Guoqing, head of the center, gave a detailed report on NODA’s 2020-2025 development and implementation plan.

Sep 30, 2019

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In-situ Data Collected to Support Common Applications of Land Observation Satellites

In Changchun and Songyuan, two northeastern cities of China, AIR scientists has led a series of satellite-air-ground-based experiments from June 17 to August 25, obtaining high-quality integrated in-situ observation dataset over the areas, which can be used to assess the quality of common remote sensing products based on China’s land observation satellites.

Sep 17, 2019

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