China's high-resolution optical remote sensing satellites and their mapping applications. Issue 1 (2nd January 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Li, Deren; Wang, Mi; Jiang, Jie
• Is Part Of: Geo-spatial information science. Volume 24:Issue 1(2021)
• Page Start: 85
• Page End: 94
• Publication Date: 2021-01-02
• Subjects: High-resolution optical remote sensing satellite -- satellite constellation -- mapping mode -- global mapping; Geographic information systems -- Periodicals; Cartography -- Data processing -- Periodicals; Surveying -- Data processing -- Periodicals; Remote sensing -- Periodicals; 526.0285
• DOI: 10.1080/10095020.2020.1838957
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1009-5020

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Since the beginning of the twenty-first century, several countries have made great efforts to develop space remote sensing for building a high-resolution earth observation system. Under the great attention of the government and the guidance of the major scientific and technological project of the high-resolution earth observation system, China has made continuous breakthroughs and progress in high-resolution remote sensing imaging technology. The development of domestic high-resolution remote sensing satellites shows a vigorous trend, and consequently, a relatively stable and perfect high-resolution earth observation system has been formed. The development of high-resolution remote sensing satellites has greatly promoted and enriched modern mapping technologies and methods. In this paper, the de velopment status, along with mapping modes and applications of China's high-resolution remote sensing satellites are reviewed, and the development trend in high-resolution earth observation system for global and ground control-free mapping is discussed, providing a reference for the subsequent development of high-resolution remote sensing satellites in China.