China has launched the GEOVIS Cloud Open Platform, an open cloud service providing the public with access to a wealth of aerospace information applications, including remote-sensing data. This groundbreaking initiative aims to support a variety of fields such as smart agriculture, environmental protection, urban planning, traffic monitoring, and natural disaster warning.
The platform is designed to lower the barriers for users to access advanced aerospace information services. It introduces common remote-sensing products featuring key parameters related to vegetation ecology, water resources, soil, and atmosphere.
In recent years, China has significantly increased the number of satellites it has in orbit, making continuous progress in observation methods like high-resolution Earth observation systems. This advancement has greatly improved the country’s capability in remote-sensing data acquisition and enriched the available resources.
Remote-sensing satellite technology is empowering multiple industries with its unique ability to provide extensive spatial and temporal coverage and to obtain high-precision information. With the comprehensive formation of an Earth observation system composed of land, meteorological, and marine satellites, China’s remote-sensing satellites have reached a globally advanced level in both quantity and quality.
By the end of 2022, China had 294 civilian remote-sensing satellites operating in orbit, with 189 of them being commercial satellites, accounting for more than 60 percent. Commercial remote-sensing satellites have become the mainstay of China’s civilian remote-sensing satellite fleet.
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China launches cloud platform to share remote-sensing achievements
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