The National Remote Sensing Department under the Ministry of NaturalResources and Environment is working with the Vietnam Administration ofSeas and Islands on a project designed to monitor sea and islandresources using remote sensing technology.
The project, which is apart of a master plan to survey and manage marine environment resourceswith a vision to 2020, aims to develop a basic database on thecountry's marine resources and environment.
According to thehead of the National Remote Sensing Department, Nguyen Xuan Lam, thedepartment had established a system of topographical maps of the HoangSa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos, and was building adatabase to draw up a map on a 1:50,000 scale of the land coveringcoastal areas and emerging islets.
The department has also drawna collection of specialised maps on a 1:1,000,000 scale accompanied bydata on the physical, chemical and biological factors of the area aroundVietnam's territorial waters, while setting up a multi-temporalmonitoring system using remote sensors and geo-information technologies.
The initial results have opened up prospects for the country toenhance its future application of remote sensing technology in theexploration and monitoring of its maritime and island resources.-VNA
The project, which is apart of a master plan to survey and manage marine environment resourceswith a vision to 2020, aims to develop a basic database on thecountry's marine resources and environment.
According to thehead of the National Remote Sensing Department, Nguyen Xuan Lam, thedepartment had established a system of topographical maps of the HoangSa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos, and was building adatabase to draw up a map on a 1:50,000 scale of the land coveringcoastal areas and emerging islets.
The department has also drawna collection of specialised maps on a 1:1,000,000 scale accompanied bydata on the physical, chemical and biological factors of the area aroundVietnam's territorial waters, while setting up a multi-temporalmonitoring system using remote sensors and geo-information technologies.
The initial results have opened up prospects for the country toenhance its future application of remote sensing technology in theexploration and monitoring of its maritime and island resources.-VNA
