期刊名称：ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
印刷版ISSN：2194-9042
电子版ISSN：2194-9050
出版年度：2006
卷号：XXXVI Part 6
页码：304-306
出版社：Copernicus Publications
摘要：Use of remote sensing, GIS and GPS becoming operationalize in most parts of the world including Asia-Pacific. One of the main reasons for this increase is ongoing international cooperation in various development projects. Also, with the availability of high- resolution satellite data, most of Asian countries show their enthusiasm in using these technologies for their mapping and resource monitoring activities. With the increase of satellite data usage and use of GIS technology, it is important to develop local knowledge and technical know-how of local expertise use of remote sensing, GIS and GPS in practical applications. Also, it is identified that awareness need to increase not only among technicians, political leaders need to be educated in these technologies to receive their blessing in adopting these technologies in day to day activities in possible fields of applications. JAXA is generous in providing technical assistance to the region with the collaboration of Geoinformatics Centre of Asian Institute of Technology since 1995 to increase the awareness and to develop individual capacities in remote sensing, GIS and GPS technologies. More than 800 were trained from the region either at AIT or locally, depend on the program they participated. This is a remarkable achievement and the support would have certainly helped to increase the knowledge as well as awareness in the region. This paper summarizes various training programs conducted by GIC with JAXA support and present status of JAXA sponsored capacity building activities in Asia- Pacific
