China to Spend Millions to Survey the Great Wall

An article in Friday’s online edition of The Epoch Times reports that China will spend 200 million yuan (approximagely $25 million US) to survey the Great Wall using modern remote sensing, GPS, and GIS technology. China’s Information Center for Basic Geography will conduct the survey with the hope of determing the exact length and orientation of the Great Wall. In addition, “Mr. Zhang Ji, vice secretary-general of the Great Wall Association of China, said that when the measurements are completed, a 3-D image of the Wall will be posted on the Internet.”