The UN-SPIDER Regional Support Office (RSO) in Iran is hosted by the Iranian Space Agency (ISA). The RSO was established in 2009 under a cooperation agreement between ISA and the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA). ISA is the national focal point for all space research and activities in Iran, as well as remote sensing and telemedicine. With the support of ISA, the RSO in the past has held several national and international workshops, training courses and exhibitions. The Iranian RSO has implemented several projects in the field of disaster management and emergency response especially in drought monitoring and forecasting, earthquake damage assessment and fault movement and also forest fire detection. Developing a GeoPortal is an ongoing project of the RSO.
- Fundamentals of Remote Sensing and Digital Image Processing
- Advanced Remote Sensing
- Microwave Remote Sensing
- Database and DBMS
- Geographic Information System
- GeoPortal and WebServices
- More than 25 experts in the field of RS, GIS and IT at ISA
- Vast expertise in all areas of geoinformation at different national universities
Infrastructure:
- Ground receiving stations (NOAA-AVHRR, MODIS, FY2E, FY2D)
- Satellite data centre + Huge storage capacity
- RS satellites (under manufacturing)
- 24/7 high speed internet access
- GeoPortal
A GeoPortal to access:
- archived Landsat imagery of the Middle East
- archived IRS 1C/1D imagery of the Middle East
- all daily acquired imagery of NOAA-AVHRR through the local ground receiving station since 1996
- all daily acquired imagery of TERRA-MODIS through the local ground receiving station since 2001
Iranian Space Agency
President: Dr Hamid Fazeli
Website: http://www.isa.ir
Email: info [at] isa.ir (info[at]isa[dot]ir)
