Minutes of the Second Meeting General Conference
of the Asian Association on Remote Sensing
Hanoi, Vietnam, 2005
The second meeting of the General Conference was held on Thursday, 10th November 2005, in the Melia Hotel from 1730 hrs. to 1850 hrs. Prof. Shunji Murai opened the meeting. It was presided by Dr. Le. Quy Thuc, President, Vietnam Association of Geodesy, Cartography and Remote Sensing.
The following members attended the meeting:
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 Deputy Secretary General, Mr. Manu Omakupt, GISTDA (Thailand) momakupt@hotmail.com |
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| Ordinary Member | ||
| Australia | Bruce Forster
b.forster@unsw.edu.au |
UNSW |
| Brunei | Puasa Burut survey@brunet.bn |
Survey Department |
| China | Guo Huadong hdguo@cashg.ac.cn |
CNCRS |
| Yun Shao yunshao@public.bta.net.cn |
CNCRS | |
| China Taipei | A.J. Chen ajchen@csrsr.ncu.edu.tw |
ChineseTaipei Society for Photogrammetry and RS |
| H.H.Huang hhh@nccu.edu.tw |
ChineseTaipei Society for Photogrammetry and RS | |
| Y.-H. Tseng tseng@mail.ncku.edu.tw |
ChineseTaipei Society for Photogrammetry and RS | |
| Hong Kong | Limin Yang liminyang@cuhk.edu.hk |
Hong Kong Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing |
| India | Narpat Singh Rathore rathorens@yahoo.com |
Editor, felicitation Volume |
| Japan | Ryutaro Tateishi
tateishi@faculty.chiba-u.jp |
JSPRS / Chiba University |
| Haruhisa Shimoda
smd@keyaki.cc.u-tokai.ac.jp |
Tokai University | |
Korea |
Choen Kim
choenkim@kookmin.ac.kr |
Korean Society of Remote Sensing/Kookmin University |
| K.H. Chi khchi@kigam.re.kr |
KIGAM | |
| Malaysia | Laili Nordin
laili@macres.gov.my |
MACRES |
| Mongolia | M. Saandar msaandar@mongol.net |
Mongolian Nat'l Society for Photogrammetry & RS |
| Nepal | Rabin K. Sharma uforeign@most.gov.np |
Survey Department |
| Russia | A. Chukhlautsev chukhlautsev@ms.ire.rssi.ru |
IRERAS |
| Alex Pavelyu pvlu@ms.ire.ms.rssi.ru |
IRERAS |
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| F. Mkrtchyau ferd@ms.ire.rssi.ru |
IRERAS | |
| M. Ivanov | IRERAS | |
| Thailand | Suvit Vibulsresth suvit@gistda.or.th |
Executive Board, GISTDA |
| Praneet Ditsariyakul praneet@gistda.or.th |
Deputy Director, GISTDA | |
| Vietnam | Nguyen Thuong Hung hungthuong@fpt.on |
Vietnam Association on Geodesy, Cartography and RS |
| Nguyen Dinh Duong duong.nd@hn.vnn.vn |
Institute of Geography,National Centre for National Science and Technology of Vietnam | |
| Associate Member | ||
| Netherlands | Sjaak J.J. Beerens beerens@itc.nl |
ITC |
| John van Genderen genderen@itc.nl |
ITC | |
| USA | Sally E. Goldin seg@goldin-rudahl.com |
ASPRS /King Mongkut's University |
| Kurt T. Rudahl ktr@goldin-rudahl.com |
Goldin-Rudahl Systems | |
| Switzerland | Armin Gruen seg@goldin-rudahl.com |
ETH |
| Observer | ||
| ISPRS | Kohei Cho kcho@keyaki.cc.u-tokai.ac.jp |
President, Commission VI |
| AIT/GIC | Lal Samarakoon lal@ait.ac.th |
Geoinformatics Center, AIT |
| Manzul manzul@ait.ac.th |
Editor, AJG/AIT | |
| Accompany persons | ||
| Mrs. Jan Forster | Australia | |
| Mrs. Saandar | Mongolia | |
| Secretaries | ||
| Ms.Chiwako Fujino chiwa@iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp |
University of Tokyo, Japan | |
| Mrs.Inthira Sophamasuk geoinfo@gistda.go.th |
Secretariat,AARS-GEO/GISTDA, Thailand | |
Dr. Sally Goldin of King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand suggested that the delegates should make efforts to maximize the number of libraries in their respective countries that subscribed to the Asian Journal of Geoinformatics. Prof. Bruce Forster of Australia recommended that eminent scholars and experts of GIS and remote sensing from around the globe, be encouraged to submit research articles and papers to the Journal. Mr. Sajaak J.J. Beeren's of the I.T.C., Netherlands suggested having a separate website for the journal and to provide a facility for its online subscription.
Prof. Huadong Guo Deputy Secretary General, Chinese Academy of Science gave detailed information about the satellite RICESAT which is hoped to be launched by AARS in the year 2008.
Prof. Shunji Murai apprised the delegates that RICESAT would be the first satellite in the world to be launched by an academic association in 2008. He said that launching of RICESAT satellite is his dream project for the welfare and development of the people of South East Asia. Prof. John van Genderen of I.T.C. Netherlands, suggested seeking cooperation from all nations in the making of RICESAT.
Prof. Nguyen Dinh Daong Chairman, Local Organisation Committee, gave his detailed report in which he mentioned country-wise participation in the conference. These details are as follows:
| Country | Number of Participants | Country | Number of Participants |
| Japan | 111 | Australia | 10 |
| Thailand | 48 | India | 8 |
| China Taipei | 39 | Germany | 6 |
| China | 32 | Nepal | 6 |
| Malaysia | 22 | Russia | 5 |
| Netherlands | 17 | Canada | 2 |
| USA | 17 | Laos | 2 |
| Korea | 16 | Sri Lanka | 2 |
| Singapore | 11 | Sweden | 2 |
| UK | 2 | Cambodia | 1 |
| Mongolia | 2 | Italy | 1 |
| Belgium | 1 | Norway | 1 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | New Zealand | 1 |
| Brunei | 1 | Philippines | 1 |
| Brazil | 1 | Poland | 1 |
| Denmark | 1 | Syria | 1 |
| France | 1 | Saudi Arabia | 1 |
| Indonesia | 1 | Slovenia | 1 |
| United Nations | 1 | Invited Guests | 27 |
| Vietnam | 116 | Observers | 105 |
Prof. Ryutaro Tateishi, the new Editor-in-Chief of the Asian Journal on Geoinformatics, distributed copies of the Journal to the National Delegates. He informed the delegates that all the papers included in the journal were thoroughly scrutinized by experts. He appealed to the delegates to send quality research papers for the journal from their respective countries. He also told the delegates that the previous Editor-in-Chief had not given any details regarding the journal nor the journal’s accounts.
The meeting concluded at 6.50pm, with a resolve to meet in Mongolia in 2006. Prof. Bruce Forster of Australia moved the vote of thanks.