The Asian Association on Remote Sensing(AARS)
Name of the association:
The Asian Association on Remote Sensing
Established in 1981
According to the statutes of the AARS,
"Realizing the importance of remote sensing technology in national development
activities, representatives of Asian countries present in Costa Rica at the
International Symposium on Remote Sensing in April 1980, met and exchanges ideas
on forming an association on remote sensing in Asia. In the spirit of mutual
cooperation, the First Asian Conference on Remote Sensing was held in Bangkok,
Thailand in November, 1980 and the Second Conference in Beijing, China in October
- November 1981. At the Beijing Conference the representatives of the Asian
countries met and decided to form an association."
Aims
According to the Article 2 of the statutes of the AARS,
"The Association is for
the promotion of remote sensing through the exchange of information, mutual
cooperation, international understanding and goodwill amongst the members."
Office
According to the Article 3 of the statutes of the AARS,
"The office of the Association shall be the place of domicile of the General
Secretary."
The present office is:
Prof. Shunji Murai
Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo
4-6-1 Komaba Meguro-ku Tokyo 153-8505
Japan
Activities
According to the Article 4 of the statutes of the AARS,
"The principal activity of the Association shall be to hold the Asian Conference
on Remote Sensing (ACRS). The Association may also conduct other remote sensing
activities consistent with its aims.
According to the Article 8 of the statutes of the AARS,
"ACRS shall be held each year within the period from October to December except
a special case which is approved by the General Conference."
The host countries of the ACRS are:
Thailand(1980), China(1981), Bangladesh(1982), Sri Lanka(1983), Nepal(1984),
India(1985), Korea(1986), Indonesia(1987), Thailand(1988), Malaysia(1989), China(1990),
Singapore(1991), Mongolia(1992), Iran(1993), India(1994), Thailand(1995), Sri
Lanka(1996), Malaysia(1997), Philippines(1998), Hong Kong(1999)
Membership
According to the Article 6 of the statutes of the AARS, there are three types
of memberships.
a. Ordinary Members
Any Asian country or region including near Asian country interested in remote
sensing may apply to join the association as an ordinary member. There shall
be only one membership for each country or region.
b. Associate Members
Any non-Asian country or organization interested in the Association may join
the Association as an associate member.
c. Sustaining Member
Any organization interested in the Association may apply to join the association
as a sustaining member.
As of April 1999, the AARS consists of 23 Ordinary Members as follows.
- Australia
Remote Sensing Association of Australia
- Azerbaijan
Azrbaijan National Aerospace Agency
- Bangladesh
Bangladesh Space Research & Remote Sensing Organization(SPARRSO)
- Brunei Darussalam
Survey Department, Ministry of Development
- China
China National Committee on Remote Sensing for AARS
- China Taipei
Chinese Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
- India
Indian Space Research Organization(ISRO)
- Indonesia
Ikatan Surveyor Indonesia
- Iran
Iranian Remote Sensing Center, Ministry of Post, Telegraph and Telephone
- Japan
Japan Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
- Jordan
Royal Jordanian Geographic Center
- Korea
Korean Society of Remote Sensing
- Laos
Science, Technology and Environment's Organization
- Malaysia
Ministry of Science Technology and Environment Mongolia Monmap Engineering Services Co., Ltd.
- Nepal
Forest Research and Survey Center
- New Zealand
Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd.
- Pakistan
Pakistan Space & Upper Atmosphere Research Commission(SUPARCO)
- Philippines
National Mapping and Resources Information Authority
- Singapore
Singapore Institute of Surveyors and Valuers
- Sri Lanka
Survey Department
- Thailand
National Research Council
- Vietnam
Institute of Geography, National Centre for Science and Technology of Vietnam