China still has a startling number of vacant real-estate developments, judging from new satellite analysis by DigitalGlobe and Business Insider.
Massive Mountain Range in China
The European Space Agency (ESA) Sentinel-2A satellite collected this false-color image over northwestern China near the border with Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. The featured Tian Shan mountain range stretches about 2,800 kilometers across this border region, making it one of the longest mountain ranges in Central Asia.
China’s Forest Recovery Shows Hope for Mitigating Global Climate Change
China's sweeping program to restore forests across the country is working. The vast destruction of China's forests, leveled after decades of logging, floods and conversion to farmland, has become a story of recovery, according to the first independent verification...
China Launches High-Resolution Earth Observation Satellite
China launched a geosynchronous high-resolution Earth observation satellite, Gaofen-4, from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in the southwestern province of Sichuan at 00:04 a.m. (local time) aboard a Long March-3B carrier rocket. The satellite will provide images...
Longest Water Bridge Seen from Space
Sentinel-2A, which has been in orbit since June 2105, captured this false-color image of Qingdao, China.
PCI Geomatics Extends and Expands its Exclusive Agreement with China's Beijing Space Eye Innovation Technology Co., Ltd. (BSEI)
MARKHAM, Ontario, Canada, Oct. 14, 2015—PCI Geomatics, a world leading developer of remote sensing and photogrammetric software and systems, is pleased to announce that it has extended and expanded its exclusive distribution agreement with Beijing Space Eye...
21AT Announces Availability of In-Orbit Images from the TripleSat Constellation
Twenty First Century Aerospace Technology Co., Ltd. (21AT) has announced the availability of in-orbit images acquired from its recently-launched TripleSat Constellation. The constellation, comprising three identical optical satellites, is capable of providing one...
China's Largest Drone Makes Maiden Flight
China's largest, self-developed unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) made its maiden flight in Gansu province on Aug. 31, 2015. The drone’s first flight lasted about 20 minutes, although it can reportedly stay in the air for more than 30 hours.
China Launches High-Resolution Earth-Observation Satellite
China launched the Gaofen 8 satellite on June 26, 2015, from the Taiyuan space center in northern China. The high-resolution, optical Earth-observation satellite is part of the Gaofen family, with Gaofen 1 launching in 2013 and Gaofen 2 launching in 2014.
RIEGL LIDAR 2015 “ New Sponsors and First Speaker Announcements
March 3, 2015—Presentation slots and seats for RIEGL LIDAR 2015 are filling up fast! New sponsors and exhibitors have been announced. Have you secured your place at the most exciting LiDAR event of the year? RIEGL is honored that Professor Jun Li, Chair of the ISPRS...
