BEIJING, March 12 – China will create an integrated mapping system covering the ground, underground, sea, air and outer space by 2020, Xinhua news agency reported. Li Pengde, deputy director of the National Administration of Surveying,
Mapping and Geoinformation, said the system, when completed, will facilitate the country’s economic development, national defense and government decision-making.
It will also provide spatial position information conducive for the government to cope with emergencies and for people to live with greater convenience. The system will adopt new-generation equipment and technologies, including surveying vehicles and vessels, medium- and low-altitude remote sensing mapping platforms, aerospace mapping satellites, and underground measuring robots.
“China has made substantial progress in developing this equipment and technology,” Li said.
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