The Ziyuan III satellite, China’s first high-resolution stereo mapping satellite for civilian use, has sent back visual data covering 69.45 million square km of the globe since it was launched in January 2012. The satellite produced images of 190 million square km of fields for mapping, land, mining and water conservancy, ridding the country of its reliance on imports of hi-res satellite images, according to the National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation on Wednesday. Read more via InterAksyon
