Training/education and research promotion on Remote Sensing in Thailand
Table 3: National and International seminars and workshops.
|
National Level | Duration |
Total
Participants/
organizations | International Level
| Duration | Host
Organizer | Total
Participants/
organizations |
1. Seminar on the Application of Remote
Sensing to Development |
Aug. 19-22, 1985 |
272/81 |
1. The Ninth Asian
Conference on
Remote Sensing |
Nov. 23-29 1988 |
AASRS & ARCT & ESCAP |
475/27 |
|
2.Seminar on the Future Trends of Applications of New Generation
Remote Sensing Satellite |
Sept. 22-23,
1986 |
132/65 |
2. Franco-Thai
workshop on
Remote Sensing. |
Nov. 2-4 1989 |
NRCT & KKU
The
French
Embessy in
Thailand |
147/49 |
3. Workshop on Remote Sensing and GIS
Application for Hilltribe Study |
Aug.15-Sept.4 1990 |
30/20 |
3. Seminar on
Optimization
of High Resolution
Satellite Data |
Jan. 9-11, 1989 | NRCT & CIDA |
109/46 |
| |
4. The 23rd International Symposium on Remote Sensing of
Environment |
Apr. 18-25
1990 |
ERIM
& NRCT
ESCAP/
UNDP
& AIT |
257/35 |
Note: CIDE = Canada International Development Agency
KKU = Khon Kaen University
AARS = Asian Association on Remote Sensing
ERIM = Environmental Research Institute of Michigan
NRCT = National Research Council of Thailand
ATT = Asian Institute of Technology
concerned have been funded to study and be trained aboard. Thailand have benefited greatly from international co-operation, that is, Thai officers have received continuous support and assistance from these organizations. Many joint projects, such as, Thai-Canadian Cooperation Remote Sensing Application Project, MOS-1 Project of NASDA, etc, are the good examples of these assistance.
Education of Remote Sensing in Thai Academic Institutes
Thailand has realized the importance of remote sensing technology for a long time. Along with this idea, many universities like Chujalongkorn University, Silapakorn University, Ramkhamhaeng University, Srinakharinwirot University and Chiang Mai University have included remote sensing into the curriculum of geography both for undergraduate and graduate levels while kasetsart University has included this subject in the Faculty of Forestry. The course on remote sensing has also been included in Teacher's College. For the international institutes in Thailand like the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), there has been a Master Degree Curricular in Natural Resources Department. TRSC/NRCT has played an important role in coordinating and providing research funds for lecturers of the said academic institutes, as well as providing satellite data and also training for students in this field.
Research Promotion
One of the major activities of TRSC/NRCT is research promotion by stimulation research work in terms of providing research grants to both government and private sectors. At the early stage of this activity (1976-1980), each year, a total fund of about 500,000 Baht was allocated from TRSC'S annual budget for this purpose. In the first year, ten projects including Agricultural Area Surveying and Mapping, The Study of Environmental Changes in the Bangkok Metropolitan Area. The Study of Changes in Forest and Land-use were supported. This annual research fund has been doubled once in 1980 and again in 1980 to 2 million baht with an exclusion of the value of satellite data which TRSC/NRCT would support besides actual fund.
