Eric D. Colburn, PLS

China Information Security Technology Wins National Surveying & Mapping Awards
October 14, 2009 – 8:00 AM EDT

China Information Security Technology, Inc., (Nasdaq:CPBY) (“China Information Security,” “CIST” or the “Company”), a leading total solutions provider of digital security,geographic information, and hospital information systems in China, today announced that three of the Company’s projectshave been honored with high level awards in the surveying and mapping industry in China.

The Company’s “Multi-source Spatial Information Network Sharing Software Platform and Engineering Applications” project was awarded first place for the Surveying and Mapping Science and Technology Progress Award by the Chinese Society for Geodesy Photogrammetry and Cartography (the “Society”) while the Company’s “Zhejiang Provincial Geographic Information System” project won second place. In addition, the Company’s “Nanchang Digital Garden” project was awarded third place in the Outstanding Surveying and Mapping Engineering Award. These awards are granted annually by the Society to companies and projects that have created innovative technology, found innovative and beneficial applications for existing technology, successfully adopted and developed upon foreign technology or that have achieved excellence in technological information administration, as determined by the National Science and Technology Award Principles.

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ESRI president Jack Dangermond video at the 2009 Where 2.0 Conference in San Jose, California, talking about Realizing Spatial Intelligence on the GeoWeb. Covered in his talk is:

• GeoWeb.
• WebGIS
• Cartographic Knowledge
• Geographic Knowledge Created in GIS Environments.
• Data and Web Services.
• Sharing of Geographic Knowledge.
• Spatially Integrated Thinking to a Broader Society
• Leveraging Investments Developing Basemaps.
• Leveraging Investments Developing Thematic Datasets.
• Leveraging Investments Developing other Spatial Assets.

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Chinese Government Agencies Will Fight Illegal Publication Of Internet Maps

By TechSecurityChina.com Editor
March 18, 2009

Seven Chinese government departments, including the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping, have jointly announced plans to start a one-year campaign to promote a nationwide rectification of China’s geographical information market and to fight illegal surveying and illegal publication of Internet maps.

In recent years, China’s geographical information services have developed rapidly with an average annual growth rate of over 20% in output. In 2007, the industry scale of China’s geographical information market reached CNY50 billion and it provided jobs for more than 300,000 people.

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BEIJING, March 16 (Xinhua) — China has planned a crackdown on illegal surveying and mapping, the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping said Monday.

The bureau is the only body in China legally allowed to undertake such work, but illegal surveyors have been publishing and selling maps. The bureau said it uncovered 791 cases of illegal surveying and mapping in 2008.

The bureau outlined the crackdown during a video conference with local branches. It said it would “strictly control” the gathering, offering and use of confidential geographic information.

It would also crack down on the illegal production, publication and transmitting of geographic information and prevent and prohibit illegal surveying and mapping for military use.

Officials said the bureau would undertake stricter inspection of foreign organizations and individuals who enter China to undertake surveying and mapping activities.

The bureau would also strengthen education on the laws and regulations that cover surveying and mapping, they said.

Professional Land Surveyor Source: China plans crackdown on illegal surveying, mapping_English_Xinhua.

Once again, surveying and mapping makes the headlines. We are not the only ones that are attacking illegal surveying and mapping, it would seem. But the big question is, what does China want the world to perceive as “illegal surveying and Mapping” and what is really going on here.

Trust no mans propaganda, particularly your own.

ERDAS APOLLO 2009 Selected by China’s National Environmental Protection Ministry

14 October 2008

Norcross (Georgia, USA) – China’s National Environmental Protection Ministry is implementing ERDAS APOLLO 2009, a unified enterprise platform for managing and serving large volumes of geospatial data located and distributed across an organization.

ERDAS APOLLO Image Manager is being implemented to store and share the Ministry’s gridded data throughout the enterprise. Setting-up Open Geospatial Consortium and International Organization for Standardization (OGC/ISO) compliant web services, ERDAS APOLLO Server will catalog and deliver all the geospatial data of the Ministry’s enterprise over the web. Beijing Digital LandView Technology Company (Beijing LandView), ERDAS’ authorized distributor in China is providing ERDAS APOLLO, as well as ERDAS IMAGINE®, IMAGINE VirtualGIS®, IMAGINE Vector™, IMAGINE Easytrace™, IMAGINE Autosync™ and IMAGINE Deltacue™ and other IMAGINE add on modules to the National Environmental Protection Ministry.

“ERDAS APOLLO brings a new application model to traditional image users, resolving the matter of how to manage, search and share massive image data,” said Jane Wu, General Manager Beijing Landview. ”This new technology provides convenience in data usage and service.”

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