It is the processes of collecting data in relation to something, in e.g.: Land Surveying, Fish surveying, etc.…
The list of things that these satellites can do and read, is quite long, the primary use is looking at cloud patters that help determine the weather in certain areas.…
Scientifically, satellites have given us such things as highly accurate maps, satellite phones/television and weather tracking.…
Cited: Cordoba, Nicolas E., and Kara Sarkis. The surveyor 's Theodolite formula. Orlando: Orange County Press, 2012. Print…
3. Remote Sensing and GIS (geographic info systems) - using technology far away from the place being studied.…
Satellites are used to transmit information very quickly around the world, and they can be used to get information to very hard to reach areas like places that are very remote – the top of Mount Everest. It can also provide a large area of land with…
• One of the advantages of remote sensing is that the measurements can be performed from a great distance (several hundred or even several thousand km in the case of satellite sensors), which means that large areas on ground can be covered easily…
The launch of Sputnik 1 in 1957 heralded the dawn of a new age. The very first launch has not only sparked the Space Race between the Soviet Union and United States, it has also made the deployment of military and commercial satellites into an almost routine task. Since Sputnik, satellites have advanced in sizes and varieties. Satellites are now capable of detecting and destroying incoming warheads, relaying thousands of phone calls, tracking changes in weather patterns, observing distant planets and galaxies, surveying and prospecting for natural resources, etc. (www.spacetoday.org, satellites.spacesim.org). With the aid of real-time weather forecasts, on-site reporting, satellites have grown so powerful that only 3 satellites (www.history.nasa.gov) are needed to have network coverage of the whole world.…
It was only in the late 1980’s and 1990’s that an increasingly used satellite based geodetic measuring system - the Global Positioning System (GPS) - began to impact on the utility of the national datums of many countries. The inconsistency between BT68 and international reference systems started to impact adversely on navigation, scientific applications and on routine spatial data management.…
Malaysia Airlines is the government-owned flag-carrier of Malaysia, which is one of the Government Linked Company (GLC). Given a strong support by the…
Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) is the standard generic term for satellite navigation systems that provide autonomous geo-spatial positioning with global coverage. For the African continent, GNSS system will increase access to remote areas and provide positive impacts in other service sectors. The potential areas consist of both social and professional applications. The applications are mainly in the sectors of aviation, multi-modaltransportation, land management (for surveying, cadastre, and others), maritime, rail transportation, in the oil and mining industries and the social sector will allow the development of social location based services (LBS) applications. Some potential GNSS applications markets have been identified by the AiA team based on various discussions with the African stakeholders. For the conference, six most suitable applications are identified for discussion, which are relevant for the Africa Sub-Saharan countries. The identified GNSS applications have been selected in this conference to stimulate the required interests in the commercial industry and among the industry stakeholders where the immediate Return on Investment of GNSS applications investments to offer services to the citizens can be measured and justified.…
Malaysian Institute of Management. (2001). Management in Malaysia: A Basic Text on General Management with Local Reference to Managing a Malaysian Business (pp. 12-36). Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Institute of Management.…
Many would remember that the same – and similar – questions were asked of ISRO’s focus on remote sensing satellites in the past two decades… The question – and the “answer” – was eloquently articulated in this article in the New Scientist:…
Satellites and spacecrafts have been launched for various purposes. The atmosphere in space is used for television programmes, radio broadcasts, telecommunication, etc. Satellites provide advanced…
The natural state of the land tend to change over time as the activities of man on, in, over and under the earth’s surface affects it. These activities of man are termed as land use which is defined by the FAO/UNEP (1999) as the “total of arrangements, activities, and inputs that people undertake in a certain land cover type.” Land cover refers to the observed physical and biological cover of the earth's land, as vegetation or man-made features (FAO, 1997). Uses that are placed by nature, such as vegetative cover, mineral deposits, and wildlife and fisheries, and those introduced by man are both taken in the concept of land use. Land use pertains to broad categories such as forest, agriculture and settlement.…