XVIIIth Congress: Commission VI

Kraus, Karl; Waldhäusl, Peter

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Title:: XVIIIth Congress

Sub title:: Vienna, Austria 1996

Year of publication:: 1996

Place of publication:: Vienna

Publisher of the original:: Austrian Society of Surveying and Geoinformation

Identifier (digital):: 1667435949

Language:: English

Editor:: Kraus, Karl; Waldhäusl, Peter

Corporations:: International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Congress, 18., 1996, Wien; International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Adapter:: International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Congress, 18., 1996, Wien; International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Founder of work:: International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Congress, 18., 1996, Wien; International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Other corporate:: International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Congress, 18., 1996, Wien; International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

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Persistent identifier:: 1677550198

Title:: Commission VI

Scope:: 149, 110, 92 Seiten

Year of publication:: 1996

Place of publication:: Vienna

Publisher of the original:: Austrian Society of Surveying and Geoinformation

Identifier (digital):: 1677550198

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Signature of the source:: ZS 312(31,B6)

Language:: English

Additional Notes:: Die Vorlage enthält insgesamt 3 Werke: Commission VI (Seiten 1-149); National reports (Seiten 1-110); Special sessions (Seiten 1-92)

Other Title:: Enthaltendes Werk: National Reports; Enthaltendes Werk: Special sessions

Usage licence:: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Editor:: Kraus, Karl; Waldhäusl, Peter

Corporations:: International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Congress, 18., 1996, Wien; International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing; International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Commission Economic, Professional, and Educational Aspects of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Adapter:: International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Congress, 18., 1996, Wien; International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing; International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Commission Economic, Professional, and Educational Aspects of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Founder of work:: International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Congress, 18., 1996, Wien; International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing; International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Commission Economic, Professional, and Educational Aspects of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Other corporate:: International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Congress, 18., 1996, Wien; International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing; International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Commission Economic, Professional, and Educational Aspects of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Publisher of the digital copy:: Technische Informationsbibliothek Hannover

Place of publication of the digital copy:: Hannover

Year of publication of the original:: 2019

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Collection:: Earth sciences

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Title:: OPERATIONAL APPLICATIONS OF REMOTE SENSING IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC . Bruce Forster [...] Special Session

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OPERATIONAL IN APPLICATIONS OF REMOTE ASIA AND THE PACIFIC SENSING Bruce Forster Professor, School of Geomatic Engineering Director, Centre for Remote Sensing and GIS University of New South Wales Australia Special Session KEY WORDS: ABSTRACT: Developing_Countries, Application, Project. The Asia-Pacific region contains over half the world's population, and is one of the world's most physically and culturally diverse regions. and resource monitoring, and Remote sensing has been widely used for environmental sustainable development. The paper examines the operational applications of remote sensing in the region, the remote sensing resources available, and the region's training needs. 1. INTRODUCTION The Asia-Pacific region contains over half the world's population but fortunately also contains the highest density of satellite remote sensing receiving stations. In the passed 20 years the world has undergone a revolution in the development and application of airborne and spaceborne remote sensing data. In the Asia and Pacific region remote sensing technology has become an increasingly powerful tool for environmental and resource monitoring, and sustainable development. This has led the larger countries of the region to develop, launch and acquire data from their own remote sensing systems, and other regional countries to become major users and developers of new application technology. This paper will examine some of the environmental and resource problems of the region, the operational remote sensing applications that are being developed and used to solve them, and the human resources required to support this work. 2. THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION According to the United Nations the Asian- Pacific region stretches from Mongolia in the north to New Zealand in the south, and from the Cook Islands in the east to the Islamic Republic of Iran in the west. It includes the world's 51 largest and the third largest oceans (the Pacific and Indian Oceans), 23 per cent of its land surface, 57 per cent of its population, and the two most populous countries in the world, China and India. The population of the region increased by 20 per cent in the decade ending 1990, and it is expected to increase a further 28 per cent between 1990 and 2005, to reach about 4 billion (ESCAP, 1993a). It includes developed, developing and severely underdeveloped countries, and the most diverse range of cultures and environments. For example although average per capita GNP in 1991 was US$1,790, it varied from US$26,920 in Japan to US$180 in Bhutan and Nepal. About 78 per cent live in areas where the per capita GNP is less than US$500 (ESCAP, 1993b). In 1990, the proportion of the population of Asia living in rural areas was 70 per cent, and of the Pacific, 27 per cent. However as there is a distinct migration trend towards the cities, it is expected that by 2010, 42 per cent of the population of the region will live in urban areas (ESCAP, 1993a). Thus it is very difficult to make generalisations about the problems and needs of the region. However, Murai (1991) considers, among the many problems faced by the region, that population explosion, deforestation, soil erosion, overgrazing, desertification and environmental pollution are major problems that can be addressed using remote sensing tools. The F.A.O., for example, reported that tropical International Archives of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. Vol. XXXI, Part B6. Vienna 1996

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