Prof.Chen Shupeng

the member of the Divission of Geoscience

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.