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Chinese satellite seeks to predict earthquakes

China will start building a test satellite later this month (April) to detect electromagnetic anomalies in the atmosphere, as part of the country's proposed earthquake monitoring network, and hopes

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Wed, 27/04/2011 - 12:35
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SciDevNet
latitude: 
39.9042
longitude: 
116.407
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China Donates Satellite, Meteorological Systems to 16 Asian Countries

The director of the China Meteorological Administration (CMA) Zheng Guoguang presented representatives from 16 Asian countries with integrated satellite broadcasting and receiving stations and the

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Thu, 14/04/2011 - 13:39
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People's Daily Online
latitude: 
39.8423
longitude: 
116.455
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China Uses ERDAS Software for Environmental and Disaster Monitoring

ERDAS announces that the National Disaster Reduction Committee and the Ministry of Environmental Protection, both in the People’s Republic of China , are now using ERDAS IMAGINE and ERDAS APO

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Mon, 11/04/2011 - 12:26
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latitude: 
35.8617
longitude: 
104.195
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RapidEye Completes Second Coverage of China in Two Years

RapidEye, the only geospatial solutions provider to own and operate a constellation of five identical Earth Observation satellites, announced today that the second coverage of China for the Ministr

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Fri, 18/02/2011 - 10:52
latitude: 
104.195
longitude: 
35.8617
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China: Meteorological satellite monitors snow cover in drought-hit areas

The on-going drought in northern China draws great attention from the public.

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Wed, 16/02/2011 - 09:54
latitude: 
104.195
longitude: 
35.8617
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China All Access Develops the Emergency Satellite Mobile Command Centre System

Considering the new situation and demand in emergency communication faced by public security and fire departments in fire disaster sites, a company called China All Access developed the Emergency S

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Fri, 10/12/2010 - 16:39
latitude: 
39.9042
longitude: 
116.407
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ESCAP launches Asia-Pacific mechanism on drought monitoring and early warning

The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), launched in to service a Regional Cooperative Mechanism on Drought Monitoring and Early War

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Thu, 16/09/2010 - 16:26
latitude: 
13.7234
longitude: 
100.476
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Landslide in China

Processed on Aug 9th 2010
Disaster Information
Name: 
Landslide in China
Region: 
Gansu Province, China
Occurance Date: 
08/08/2010
latitude: 
36.0593
longitude: 
103.826

Mudslides engulfed a town in northwest China on 8 August 2010, killing nearly 100 people and leaving perhaps 2,000 residents missing.

Landslide in China

Flood in China

Processed on Jun 24th 2010
Disaster Information
Name: 
Flood in China
Region: 
Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Chongqing, Sichuan and Guizhou
Occurance Date: 
22/06/2010
latitude: 
35.8617
longitude: 
104.195

As of 22 June, according to government statistics, the latest round of floods which began early in the month of June has affected more than 29 million people and 1.6 million hectares of crops in th

Flood in China

Severe Local Storm in China

Processed on May 7th 2010
Disaster Information
Name: 
Severe Local Storm in China
Region: 
Southwest China
Occurance Date: 
06/05/2010
latitude: 
36.5822
longitude: 
99.5135

Gales and hailstorms killed at least 39 people, injured hundreds and destroyed hundreds of homes in southwest and central China.

Severe Local Storm in China