Dear Dr. Pascual, all:
The training and symposium sounds very interesting. Perhaps you would be interested in a free tool and satellite data provided by NASA and the US Geological Survey. Its called TerraLook, and provides time series of georeferenced jpeg images plus image processing/GIS software. It is intended to provide easy access to satellite images for users with little or no prior experience, though it also proves useful for experienced users who want a quick image, such as for a presentation.
The data includes global coverage layers of "best available" Landsat images from about 1975, 1990, 2000 (and, soon, 2005). ASTER data are also available, and access is provided to the entire ASTER archive of about 2 million images going back to 2000. While full ASTER datasets cost about USD100 per scene, these jpeg images are completely free.
The open source tool supports basic image processing and GIS functions; a major update will be available around the end of the year. In fact, participation in tool development is welcome for those who enjoy programming. The tool can be downloaded from the above website.
Also, collections of images on a country-by-country basis have been made for many countries (including Vietnam and the other countries of SE Asia) and can be downloaded (if these are of interest I can provide master copies on media to Dr Pascual). PowerPoint tutorials are also available from the above site.
Finally, I should also mention that requests for new ASTER acquisitions are also free, so that if you cannot find the image you need in the ASTER archive, you can request an acquisition; only a short justification and approval is required. Once the data are acquired you can then access a georeferenced jpeg of it for free using TerraLook. More information on ASTER is available at http://asterweb.jpl.nasa.gov/
I hope this information is useful.
Best wishes,
Gary Geller
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________________________________ From: gisideas-bounces@gisws.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp [mailto:gisideas-bounces@gisws.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp] On Behalf Of carlos pascual Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 5:27 AM To: gisideas@gisws.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp Subject: [Gisideas] Capacity Building on Utilization of Satellite Remote Sensing and Modeling of Climate Change in Developing Countries
Dear ALL,
I wish to invite you for the 2010 Training and symposium on our proposed project titled Capacity Building on Utilization of Satellite Remote Sensing and Modeling of Climate Change in Developing Countries, tentative held at MMSU, Philippines in early 2010 with travel fund support.
If you are interested, please email a scanned duly signed letter of intent using your office letter head to me the soonest to attend the 5-day training on remote sensing and weather forecasting model as part of the project and future activity.
Hope to hear from you on or before May 11, 2009.
Please keep posted.
Sincerely,
Carlos M. Pascual Professor, Mariano Marcos State University Batac,Ilocos Norte, Philippines Mobile:0917-578-3456 Tel/Fax:63-077-792-4159/3191
--- On Fri, 5/8/09, carlos pascual cmpascual123@yahoo.com wrote:
From: carlos pascual cmpascual123@yahoo.com Subject: Fw: Capacity Building on Utilization of Satellite Remote Sensing and Modeling of Climate Change in Developing Countries To: r.devanadera@pcarrd.dost.gov.ph, attari@pwut.ac.ir, etrigoso@yahoo.es, messouli@gmail.com, nsiamike@yahoo.com, isam_abdelmagid@yahoo.com, paul.taylor@cap-net.org, tagelsir.gasmelseid@gmail.com, meabdelgani@hotmail.com, mustafaelhag@hotmail.com, hudhud103@yahoo.com, fadulbeshir@yahoo.com, ana.cascao@kcl.ac.uk, ecosan2008asia@yahoogroups.com, balgis@yahoo.com, ihdw2008_india@yahoogroups.com, iaec2009@gmail.com, aaae@ait.ac.th, tjandrasetiadi.itb@gmail.com, xcwang@xauat.edu.cn, snsen@arp.iitkgp.ernet.in, rakmi@vlsi.eng.ukm.my, cveongsl@nus.edu.sg, leech@snu.ac.kr, nhuanmt@vnu.edu.vn, tjandra@che.itb.ac.id, gemunuh@pdn.ac.lk, bugensevilla@gmail.com, nga@ir3s.u-tokyo.ac.jp, cianeauganda@yahoo.co.uk, reneagulto@yahoo.com, teresita_sandoval@yahoo.com, zmot@yahoo.com, crissycanlas@gmail.com, samuel_olivar@yahoo.com, dan.peckley@gmail.com Cc: "Belen Bisana" bbbisana@yahoo.com, "Benedicto Noriega" beniijtm@yahoo.com, "Bernadette Morelos" enchantress_2k6@yahoo.com, "Bessie Burgos (PCARRD)" burgosbessie@yahoo.com, "Bessie Calub" bmcalub@gmail.com, "BFAR V" bfar5@yahoo.com, "Bienvenido Cano" benny_cano@yahoo.com, "Billy Ilagan" billyilagan2004@yahoo.com, "BPI" buplant@yahoo.com, "BPI-LBNCRDC" bpi_eg05@yahoo.com, "Camilo Cimagala" camilo_cimagala@yahoo.com, "Carlos Andam" cjandam@yahoo.com, "Carlos Cortez Jr" olrad69@yahoo.com, "Carlos Garcia" cmgarcia_losbanos@yahoo.com, "Carmela Taguiam" cgtaguiam@yahoo.com, "Carmelo Esteban" meljesteban@yahoo.com, "Carmencita Aquino" cbq24@yahoo.com, "Carolyn Maria Garcia" joy_casgarcia@yahoo.com, "Cecilia Amoroso" cbamoroso@yahoo.com, "Cecilia Gascon" chielo_22@yahoo.com, "Cecilia Leano" cbleano@yahoo.com, "Cecilio Costales" cilio2001@yahoo.com, "Celedonia Purugganan" khofeb@yahoo.com, "CEMIARC" cemiarc@yahoo.com, "CENVIARC" cenviarc@yahoo.com, "CHED Region VII" ched7@yahoo.com, "Cherrylyn Castro" cher_cas74@yahoo.com, "Chistopher Maculangan" csmaculangan@yahoo.com, "Clariza San Felipe" c_sanfelipe@yahoo.com, "Claudine Dematera" claudinedematera@yahoo.com, "CNSC-VPAA" vpaa@cnsc.com, "CODA Batac" coda@laoag.net, "Conrado Balatero" Conrado.Balatero@eastwestseed.com, "Constancion Alama" constancio_alama@yahoo.com, "Corazon Alava" wilcoral@yahoo.com, "CRC Batac" coda_crc@yahoo.com, "Criselda Balisacan" cris_balisacan@yahoo.com, "Cristina Olo" ccfranco@yahoo.com, "CVSCAFT" cvscaftsystem@gmail.com, "CVSCAFT" cvscaftsystem@yahoo.com, "CvSU" cvsu@asia.com, "Cynthia Manalo" cynth_manalo@yahoo.com, "DA MIMAROPA" damimaropa_researchdiv@yahoo.com, "DA-ARMMIARC" da_armmiarc@yahoo.com, "Daisy Cabral" alyssa1231@yahoo.com, "Daisynette Manalo" daisynette_manalo@yahoo.com, "Danilo Cacanindin" dcczbrhf@yahoo.com, "Danilo Caqon Mero" danmero@eudoramail.com, "DA-RFU IX Zamboanga City" rfu9da@yahoo.com, "Darwin Malazarte" dsmalazarte@yahoo.com.ph, "DA-STIARC" stiarc@yahoo.com.ph, "Delia Babilonia" deliababilonia@yahoo.com, "Dellena Alagcan" dgalagcan@yahoo.com, "DENR ERDS MIMAROPA" rtderdsmimaropa@yahoo.com, "Deogracias Paano" jc_paano@yahoo.com, "Digna Narvacan" digsnarvacan@yahoo.com, "Digna Ramos" digs_ramos2004@yahoo.com, "Dioscoro Avergonzado" cvscaft_clarincampus@yahoo.com, "DMMMSU" dmmmsu@dmmmsu.edu.ph, "Domingo Angeles" domingo_angeles@yahoo.com, "Donalyn Cabaces" donalyncabaces@yahoo.com, "DOST V Region V" dost_ro5@yahoo.com Date: Friday, 8 May, 2009, 10:36 AM Dear ALL,
I wish to invite you for the 2010 Training and symposium on our proposed project titled Capacity Building on Utilization of Satellite Remote Sensing and Modeling of Climate Change in Developing Countries. If you are interested, please email a scanned duly signed letter of intent to me the soonest to attend the 5-day training on remote sensing and weather forecasting model as part of the project and future activity.
Hope to hear from you on or before May 11, 2009.
Please keep posted.
Sincerely,
Carlos M. Pascual Professor, Mariano Marcos State University Batac,Ilocos Norte, Philippines Mobile:0917-578-3456 Tel/Fax:63-077-792-4159/3191
--- On Thu, 5/7/09, carlos pascual cmpascual123@yahoo.com wrote:
From: carlos pascual cmpascual123@yahoo.com Subject: Capacity Building on Utilization of Satellite Remote Sensing and Modeling of Climate Change in Developing Countries To: fhilarioph@yahoo.com, delia_icraf@yahoo.com, Harun.Meer@sgs.com, vqminh@ctu.edu.vn, pstrgrc@yahoo.com, longchiu@cuhk.edu.hk, joshmig@yahoo.com, dbsahoo@hotmail.com, Renato_Cerdena@ferris.edu, gangppdo2003@yahoo.com Cc: "MMSU OP" op@mmsu.edu.ph Date: Thursday, 7 May, 2009, 9:59 AM Dear All,
Greetings!
I wish to inform you that our proposal is now being considered by our endorser from Dept of Foreign Affairs and funding agency. However, they would like to request that your letter of intent thru email be modified using your office letter head; scanned such duly signed letter of intent and email to us. Likewise, if you have other potential person/s in your office or in other countries (like Cambodia, Lao PDR, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, etc), please make a list with their names, office address and email for documentation.
I hope to hear from your end and received such modified letter of intent the soonest. Let us hope and pray that our future collaborative training will come to reality for humanity.
Please keep posted.
Sincerely,
Carlos M. Pascual Professor MMSU, Philippines Mobile:0917-578-3456 Tel/Fax:63-077-792-4159/3191
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