Developing Emergency Mapping : Meeting the Surveyor of Tomorrow
Pengfei Cheng
Developing emergency mapping is one of the most important experiences of the Chinese surveying, mapping and geoinformation career. Firstly, I will enumerate several figures. In 1976, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the Tangshan area of China. Half month after the earthquake, we sent airplane to the disaster areas and acquired the black and white aerial photographs from 1:5,000 to 1:10,000. We also achieved high 2 precise leveling of 5,000 kilometers in one month. On April 20, 2013, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Lushan, Sichuan province. The first emergency command was sent five minutes later which stands for the initiating of emergency mapping commanding system.
Event: Ensuring the Rapid Response to Change, Ensuring the Surveyor of Tomorrow, FIG Kick-Off Event
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