The Wuhan Technical University of Survey and
Mapping (WTUSM) has demonstrated the
participants its high academic standard of education
and research in photogrammetry and remote sensing.
It should be noted that Professor Wang Zhizhuo was
celebrated his completion of publishing a wonderful
book on "Principles of Photogrammetry" (English
version) during the symposium.
(9) The 11th ACRS, Guangzhou,
November 1990
China,
The conference was the biggest in the number of
participants (513 participants) from 22 countries and
the number of papers (162 papers). As Guangzhou
used to be somewhat home town of Chinese who are
living in South East Asia and is the best place to eat,
the conference was somehow exciting and enjoyable.
The Zhongshan University hosted the conference
very well including dinner party on a boat, sport
matches by the participants and bus tour to
Zhaoging, through which individual communication
was developed with friendship.
(10) Symposium on Joint Research, Bangkok,
Thailand, February 1991
The symposium was co-organized by Science and
Technology Agency (STA), Japan and NRC,
Thailand for the joint research projects on the
enhancement and applications of remote sensing
technology between ASEAN countries and Japan. It
was a Japanese contribution to ASEAN countries to
promote researches in remote sensing on joint base.
Though the researches were not well defined,
communications between ASEAN countries and
Japan were promoted in personal exchange and
technical transfer.
(11) The 12th ACRS,
October/November,1991
Singapore,
Because the governmental subsidise could not be
available in Singapore, all expenditures were paid
from the incomes of registration, commercial
exhibits and contribution. It was the first ACRS that
has been supported by herself. The number of
participants was not many as the last two conferences
that is, 225 participants from 28 countries because of
less number from Singapore. This symposium was a
kind of symbol that many industries and remote
sensing organizations tried to continue the
symposium in a way of Asian tradition as the past
ACRS's were, by paying money in various ways.
(12) IGU Seminar, Delhi, India, December
1991
The University of Delhi hosted the IGU seminar
with a focus on global environmental map and
mountain hazard particularly of the Himalaya. It was
interesting to have met some key members of IGU
workshop on Global Environmental Map, for
example, Prof. Nikita F. Glazovsky, Deputy Minister
of Ecology and Natural Resources, (USSR at the
time), Prof. Roger E. Kasperson, Clark University,
USA, Dr. Alexandar Drozdov, Institute of
Geography, (USSR), Prof. John B. Thones, Univ. of
London, U.K. and Prof. R.B. Singh, Univ. of Delhi,
India.
The crisis of the Himalaya with deforestation, over
population, highland development and land slides
was realized by the participants through the five day
field trip to the Himalaya.
Summary
Asia is said to be the most prosperous region in
economy and technology for the 21st century as well
as the most serious region in the human pressures
due to the population explosion. In this sense, topics
and subjects in remote sensing and GIS in relation
with Asian region would be good targets in research
and application.
Though the bi-lateral relation between Asian
countries and Western countries used to be strong in
education, training and/or technical transfer, the
. research is not yet well promoted with less budget,
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less researcher and less supervisor. The author thinks
that the promotion of research in Asia is a key goal
for the 21st century.
The author also hopes that Asian countries such as
India, China, Japan, Thailand etc. should contribute
to ISPRS activities, just like to AARS activities.