Ethiopia, April 18 -- Addis Ababa, April 18, 2024(Addis Walta) The Ethiopian Space Science and Geospatial Institute (SSGI) announced that it has made high-resolution satellite data freely available to stakeholders in the country.

The data was collected through a collaborative project signed with China's Ministry of Natural Resources in April 2023.

The institute held a national workshop to popularize high-resolution data collected from the Chinese Land Satellite Remote Sensing Application Centre (LASAC) and the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI).

Space Science and Geospatial Institute Deputy Director-General Bethlehem Nigussie said on the occasion that the 5-year LASAC project has resulted in detailed satellite imagery covering...