In recent years, remote sensing evidence is more frequently used in maritime disputes, which demonstrates evidence value in aspects of land use/landcover, land change and status of maritime feature. However, the remote sensing evidence is still under suspicion concerning issues like human error in the production of images and the scope for manipulation in experts’ interpretation. In one word, remote sensing evidence may be concerned potential doubt on its neutrality and reliability by dispute settlement body. Comparing with the development tendency of remote sensing technology, the paper reviews the criterion for evidence of maritime territory dispute. It concludes that with development of remote sensing technology, difficulties to choose and interpret remote sensing data reduce while the objectivity of interpretation improves, and the remote sensing data will gain more weight as evidence at the same time.