the Honorary Director of Institute of Remote Sensing Application
Chinese Academy of Sciences
was the outstanding founder of the Institute of Remote Sensing Application (IRSA) and the National Laboratory of Resources and Environment Information System (LREIS). Based upon his erudite knowledge
in the 1960s
designing and editting the National Atlases of PRC
he founded the comprehensive geographic cartography with an advanced level. In the 1970s
developing the Computer-assisted gartograph and remote sensing application
organizing remote sensing experements
. compiling the remote sensing atlases according to his series mapping theory
Prof. Chen did his best to open up the new prospects on Geoscience and Environment Information. In the 1980s
for facing the challenges of the information era
Prof. Chen originated the geogrophic information system research
which was helpful for planning
management and dicision-making at national
regional and local levels. All of these did have far-reaching effects.