June 16, 2008
CHANTILLY, VA - Skyline is contributing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of its 3D software to aid in the earthquake relief efforts in China.
The Chinese government launched massive rescue efforts promptly after the devastating earthquake struck in the Sichuan province on the afternoon of May 12th. Skyline immediately participated in the rescue efforts from May 14th by working closely with Cglobe, its local strategic partner and sole distributor in China. Cglobe is customizing the Skyline 3D software for the specific missions of numerous government departments that are using them in conjunction with the latest aerial and satellite imagery, radar, terrain elevation and other spatial information to visualize and analyze the impacted areas for rescue efforts.
Cglobe had engineers working around the clock to develop several rescue systems based on the Skyline 3D software. These systems are deployed at multiple central, disaster management and rescue-related government departments including:
State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping (SBSM)
National Geomatics Center of China (NGCC)
National Development and Reform Commission
National Workplace Emergency Management Center
The Ministry of Environmental Protection
The Ministry of Health
The Ministry of Public Security
and more in more than 20 Provinces at the central government leader offices
Some of these systems were shown on China Central Television (CCTV - China's number one TV station with more than a billion viewers)
Skyline and Cglobe are proud to do what we can to take part in the rescue efforts and hope that we can help in this terrible tragedy.
