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Written by Bente Lilja Bye   
Monday, 23 July 2007
From Ancient Surveying to Modern Earth Observation
With train from Beijing to Lhasa
 
 
A team of experts will travel from Beijing to Lhasa and Shanghai. Starting in Beijing, the journey will go by train through the “Mother of China” (Middle Kingdom?) region and along the ancient Silk Road before reaching Lhasa and Tibet. In Tibet the team will visit Mt. Everest/Qomolangma Base Camp and other geophysical interesting and beautiful sites – all seen from a geodetic perspective.

On this journey the team will unveil China's and the Tibetan Plateau's natural beauty and characteristics as well as it's scientific and technical culture, history and recent discoveries.
 
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 25 September 2007 )
 
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