A research team led by Prof. Liu Liangyun from the Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of ...

Scientists in Germany have, for the first time, created the most comprehensive digital representation of the world’s man-made environment by compiling a massive 3D, high-resolution dataset containing ...

Liftoff of a Long March 4B rocket from Taiyuan, July 19 UTC, carrying the Gaofen-11 (05) satellite. Credit: Ourspace HELSINKI — China added a fifth Gaofen-11 high resolution satellite to its CHEOS ...

Imagine trying to spot an object just 30 centimeters wide from hundreds of kilometers above Earth. Years ago, I remember when “satellite view” meant blurry green blobs on a screen. Now, we can see ...

Kentucky has become the first state in the nation to adopt technology that officials say will help when the next disaster strikes. Kentucky’s certified 911 call centers now have access to ...

South Korea is nearing a decision on whether to allow Google and Apple to export high-resolution geographic map data to servers outside the country. The detailed maps, which use a 1:5,000 scale, would ...