South Surveying & Mapping Instrument Co., Ltd. was found at Guangzhou, China in April of 1989. Overcoming difficult situations during their early stages of growth, South Surveying & Mapping Instrument Co., Ltd. is determined to become the best professional surveying and mapping instruments company in China. Their main goals are to realize the nationalization of surveying and mapping instruments, promote the progress of China’s surveying and mapping industry, and create a good reputation at an international level.
South Surveying & Mapping Instrument Co., Ltd. has always pursued professional and industrialized development strategy. Now, they have more than 30 provincial branches, over 150 regional city level branches, one overseas joint-venture company, and five plants. Since its establishment, South Surveying & Mapping Instrument Co., Ltd. has continually been awarded by the Guangzhou Development Zone Advanced Group, and by the Advanced Party Branch, and as a result, built a name for itself. In 1995, South Surveying & Mapping Instrument Co., Ltd. was awarded “China’s largest surveying and mapping instruments agency” by the State Council Authority. Ma Chao, the General Manager, was awarded "Guangzhou Top Ten Youth", and "Guangzhou Development Zone Top Ten Outstanding Contributor" as the director of China Surveying and Mapping Institute for many years. South Surveying & Mapping Instrument Co., Ltd. have focused their resources on the surveying and mapping, with revitalizing the national surveying and mapping industry as its main responsibility. It had successfully developed the first Chinese electronic theodolite, total station, static GPS, real-time differential RTD, GPS receiver, dynamic single-frequency RTK GPS receiver, and dual-frequency RTK GPS receiver, and realized the nationalization of a series of surveying and mapping instruments such as prism, tripod, distance measuring instrument, electronic theodolite, total station, and GPS.
For over 16 years, South Surveying & Mapping Instrument Co., Ltd. has been a leader of professional surveying and mapping instruments industry and the industrial software industry, integrating trade, industry, and technology in China. With advanced technologies at an international level, the products of South Surveying & Mapping Instrument Co., Ltd. have not only defeated the domination of imported products, but also exported to more than 50 countries and regions around the world, and signed with distributors in over 30 different countries. On July 8, 2004, their instruments, software, and GPS comprehensive technologies have passed the appraisal organized by State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping, and reached at a global level. In 2005, South Surveying & Mapping Instrument Co., Ltd. has realized the rapid and considerable progress on localization.
South Surveying & Mapping Instrument Co., Ltd. has a good reputation around the world. In 2004, this company has won the “Unregistered Champion Enterprise” issued by Guangzhou “Win Weekly” and China Enterprise Directors Association.
South Surveying & Mapping Instrument Co., Ltd. has a great business culture. In addition, their own newspaper and magazine publications called “South Surveying & Mapping Instrument Co., Ltd.” paints a beautiful picture of the surveying and mapping industry.