News Mails - 2009
Newsletter -No.048, 30/January/ 2009
[[New Year Messages from Asia-Pacific Countries]]
1. General Dr. Vichit Satharanond, Chairman of Geo-informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA) Executive Board, Thailand
2. Dr. Miriam Baltuck, Chair, Australian Space Exploration Working Group and Director of the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia
[[Event Information - February - March 2009]]
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1. General Dr. Vichit Satharanond, Chairman of the GISTDA Executive Board, Thailand
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In 2008, Thailand's Geo-informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA) successfully launched the first Thailand Earth Observation Satellite (THEOS) on October 1, 2008 on a Dnepr launcher
from Yasny, Russia. The first set of THEOS images were taken over Bangkok, Phuket Island, and some other areas around the world. The Image Quality Team found from an initial assessment that these images had good geometric and radiometric qualities.
As I promised in 2008 that GISTDA would continue to participate in and contribute to the APRSAF forum in 2009, GISTDA therefore will take great pleasure in hosting APRSAF-16, tentatively to be held in Phuket by the end of this year.
GISTDA Website:
www.gistda.or.th/
Full text of the message:
http://www.aprsaf.org/interviews_features/features_2009/feature_75.php#c
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2. Dr. Miriam Baltuck, Chair of the Australian Space Exploration Working Group and Director of the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex, CSIRO
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The most mature area of Australia's space science and technology activities is Earth observation, a natural fit for a country of our size and population. As we define our future activities in this arena it is
clear that continued international cooperation in Earth observation is key to our success as stewards of our land and responsible citizens of our planet. We look forward to continued pursuit of these with our
APRSAF colleagues in 2009.
CSIRO website:
http://www.csiro.au/
Full text of the message:
http://www.aprsaf.org/interviews_features/features_2009/feature_75.php#a
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[[Event Information - February - March 2009]]
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* Feb 2-3
IGWCO 5th Annual Planning Meeting
Kyoto, Japan
http://www.earthobservations.org/meetings/20090202_03_5th_igwco_invitation_letter.pdf
* Feb 4-6
Third GEOSS AP Symposium
Kyoto, Japan
http://www.prime-intl.co.jp/geoss/
* Feb 9-10
9th Architecture & Data Committee Meeting Invitation letter
Kyoto, Japan
http://www.earthobservations.org/meetings/20090209_10_9th_adc_invitation_letter.pdf
* Feb 10-13
Map World Forum 2009
Hyderabad, India
http://www.mapworldforum.org/
* Feb 11-13
Location Summit 2.0
Hyderabad, India
http://www.locationsummit.com/
* Mar 20-21
iGeomap 2009 Urban Infrastructure and GIS
Bangalore, India
http://www.igeomap.org
* Mar 25-29
2nd International Conference on Earth Observation for Global Changes
(EOGC2009)
Chengdu, China
http://www.eogc2009.com.cn/
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