Chinese Vice Premier Zeng Peiyan has urged the country's surveying
and mapping workers to use new technologies and equipment to
provide more accurate geographical information about the
nation.
The surveying and mapping workers have made great contributions
to the country by providing reliable geographical information, Zeng
said while visiting fieldworking staff of the sector recently.
He urged the sector to use new technologies and equipment to
guarantee successful implementation of the country's key mapping
projects.
The country's surveying and mapping efforts paid off in recent
years, as the sector found in 2005 the precise summit of Mount
Qomolangma, known as Mount Everest in the west, to be 8,844.43
meters, 3.7 meters shorter than the figure measured three decades
ago.
It has also completed a 1:50000 database for the national
fundamental geographic information system in 2006.
Officials from the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping said
the 1:50000 topographic map is one of the mostly used maps in
economic fields.
Zeng called on the surveying and mapping workers to continue to
enrich the country's basic geographical information in the
future.
(Xinhua News Agency September 17, 2007)