ThefeasibilityofERSSARTandemdataformappingforestandnon-forestcoverinChinawasevaluatedoverZengchengCountyintheSouthChina.Anaccuracyof75%hasbeenachieved.Then,theMACFERST(MappingChinaForestwithERSSARTandemdata)projectstartedbytheMinistryofScienceandTechnology(MOST)ofChinaandtheEuropeanSpaceAgency(ESA)in1999.Thegenerationofalarge-scaleforestmaprequiressolvingproblemssuchasthegeoreferencingandmosaickingofverylongimagestripscov...