https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/a7ae995a-ab9a-4be0-807a-49a2cd95926d Remote sensing is an earth science that is critical for infrastructure, oil and gas, heavy construction, forestry, and urban planning. Remote sensing is also vital in military applications. It is the acquisition of information from a distance, and involves advanced sensory equipment placed on satellites, drones, aircraft, and on ships. For two generations, the United States dominated the industry, because it was the US who invested so heavily in GPS and satellite systems, and built the new science around advanced mapping and surveying. But beginning ten years ago, Chinese research in the field began to supplant top Western institutions, like NASA, the US Geological Survey, and the top US and European universities. It is now China who leads the field, with half of the world's total research, and dominant positions in new patents, research funding, and applied research. And today, Chinese institutions hold the top six spots in rankings for Remote Sensing. Closing scene, Floating village and fishing raft piers, Hainan How Remote Sensing is Revolutionizing Surveying and Mapping https://www.arcsurveyors.com/how-remote-sensing-is-revolutionizing-surveying-and-mapping/ USGS: What is remote sensing and what is it used for? https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/what-remote-sensing-and-what-it-used NASA, Earth Observation Data Basics https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/earth-observation-data-basics China commands 47% of remote sensing research, while U.S. produces just 9% https://phys.org/news/2025-11-china-remote.html From 88% to 9% – stark data shows US decline, China’s rise in remote sensing research https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3333093/88-9-stark-data-shows-us-decline-chinas-rise-remote-sensing-research China Space in 2024: A Review https://chinaspacemonitor.substack.com/p/china-space-in-2024-a-review Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:27:49 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tankie.tube https://tankie.tube/lazy-static/avatars/3ba3ff73-a8b6-49c9-add8-9653ef090c7f.webp https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/a7ae995a-ab9a-4be0-807a-49a2cd95926d All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tankie.tube/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.