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Syria and Earth Observation Systems

The General Organization of Remote Sensing (GORS) has made use of space data in the implementation of a number of development studies and projects, as well as internal and external training courses designed to illustrate the concept of remote sensing and its applications, as described below.

In the area of geological and hydrological applications, projects are being carried out on:

  • Updating geological maps, using remote sensing techniques (scale 1:50,000);

  • Identifying sites for underground water well drilling operations, using space and geophysical data in all regions;

  • Studying hydrothermal iron deposits in the district of Sirghaya, using space and geophysical data;

  • Investment mapping for the districts of Aleppo, Hama and Der'a, using space and other data;

  • Developing a digital map for Homs, using space and other data;

  • Identifying water leakage and the construction of dams, using space and other data.

    • In the area of construction planning and organization, plans are being developed for expanding construction in several districts and towns, such as Aleppo, Homs and Damascus Rural Province, using space data.

    In the area of environmental studies, activities include:

  • Using remote sensing and GPS techniques to study solid and liquid waste dumps in the cities of Aleppo, Latakia, Tartus and Homs;

  • Using remote sensing techniques in the preparation of a space archaeological atlas of the Syrian Arab Republic;

  • Using remote sensing techniques to study archaeological sites in the Syrian Arab Republic;

  • Using remote sensing techniques in the assessment and characterization of the two fertile oases (ghoutas) of Damascus during the period 1989-2001;

  • A climate studies project, using the existing Earth climate station of GORS;

  • A project for monitoring environmental oil pollution resulting from oil well fires in Kuwait during the second Gulf War that is being implemented in collaboration with the Directorate of Meteorology and the Ministry of State for Expatriate Affairs.

    In the area of agricultural studies, activities include:

  • A project for studying the reality of forestation prospects in the Syrian Arab Republic, using space data;

  • A project for updating Syrian soil mapping, using space data;

  • An integrated development project for the Syrian Desert, in cooperation with the Arab Centre for the Study of Arid Zones and Dry Lands, using space data;

  • A project for enhancing the monitoring of coastal land degradation in Lebanon and the Syrian Arab Republic, using space data.

    In the area of training and qualification and participation in international and other space activities and events, activities include:

  • A course on the principles and applications of remote sensing for national technical staff, held at GORS headquarters;
  • A course on visual interpretation of air and space images, at GORS headquarters;

  • A course on GIS, held at GORS headquarters;

  • Participation in an international symposium on the monitoring of natural hazards, held in Pakistan;

  • Participation in a course on remote sensing, space imagery processing and GIS, held in India;

  • Attending a meeting on international navigation satellite systems and mobile devices;

  • Participation in a training course on remote sensing and its applications in monitoring and combating desertification in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya;

  • Attending the thirty-ninth session of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space;

  • Participation in the preparation of a proposal for a study on a project to draw in water from the Euphrates River to Damascus;

  • Participation in meetings of a steering supervisory committee on a project for geological applications of remote sensing, in cooperation with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO);

  • Participation in a project for the interpretation of radar images in the development of digital topographic maps of the Earth, in Moscow;

  • Attending the forty-fifth session of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, held in June 2002, as well as meetings of the action teams implementing UNISPACE III recommendations;

  • Participation in follow-up of the project for structural and hydrolic studies for certain areas in the Syrian Arab Republic, using remote sensing techniques, in France;

  • Organization of a symposium on the concepts and applications of remote sensing in the development of specific-purpose maps, including a digital map for roads, held in Homs, Syrian Arab Republic, in September 2002;

  • Organization of a symposium on the basics and applications of remote sensing and the environmental reality in the district of Latakia, in cooperation with Tishreen University and the People's Council Committee;

  • Participation in a symposium on water resources survey held in Beirut, in cooperation with the National Centre for Remote Sensing of Lebanon, and providing input to the findings of the thermal survey of the coast of Lebanon;

  • Organization of a training workshop held from 23 to 27 October 2002 for the coastal region on the economic and social implications of the degradation of coastal lands, within the framework of a project for the enhancement of the ways and means of monitoring land degradation in the Syrian coastal area, in collaboration with the Centre for Environmental Remote Sensing of Japan;

  • Several lectures on the concept of remote sensing for secondary and university students;

  • Publication of issue No. 13 of a periodical on remote sensing and preparation for issue No. 14;

  • Publication of the monthly bulletin on the activities and events of GORS.




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