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UNISPACE III -ISPRS/NASA Seminar on 
“Environment and Remote Sensing for Sustainable Development” 
9:00 am -12:00 pm, 23 July 1999, VIC Room A 
Vienna, Austria 
Candidate proposals 
• Azerbaijan : ecological change 
• Islamic Republic of Iran : surface water level change 
• Bangladesh : environmental/ecological change 
• Malaysia : coastal monitoring 
• Mongolia : vegetation change, forest fire 
• Nepal : deforestation, atmospheric environment 
• Pakistan : agricultural application 
• Philippines : urban monitoring 
• Sri Lanka : land use change 
• Vietnam : flood disaster 
• Indonesia : agricultural application, forest fire 
• Thailand : city planning, agriculture, coastal zone 
(2) Identify Restrictions / Obstacles to use EO data 
• Unfamiliar with modern computer applications 
• High data cost 
• Data continuity 
• Data access, network connectivity 
• Exists various data standards 
•Top level / policy maker level consensus 
• Personal depend