The Search for New Institutional Models of International Remote Sensing Activities
- Paper number
IAC-05-E6.1.08
- Author
Prof. Mahulena Hofmann, Giessen University, Germany
- Year
2005
- Abstract
Since the adoption of the 1986 UN Remote Sensing Principles, the practice of the States and the international community in the area of remote sensing has changed significantly. The main changes result from the almost unlimited commercial access to raw data and analysed information as well as to the technical possibilities of sensing specified areas. A far-reaching technical development can also be identified in the sphere of collecting data on natural catastrophes and environmental phenomena. The development in the past years shows, however, that in order to exploit these results, new international organizational and legal models seem to be necessary. The example of the Global Earth Observation System of Systems shows that various models of the exchange of environmental data would be possible. The question remains whether the model of a classical international organization would be the most effective basis for remote sensing activities or whether a more flexible and less structured model would better serve its purposes.
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