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Asian countries meet for sharing remote sensing technology in Myanmar

Published on 5 November 2014 Myanmar

YANGON, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Representatives of Asian countries have met in Myanmar's capital of Nay Pyi Taw to share technology and knowledge concerning remote sensing in a move to promote development of Myanmar on a wider scale, official sources said Tuesday.

The Asian Conference on Remote Sensing (ACRS)-2014, which began on Monday, is being participated by experts from 26 countries. 280 research papers of six chapters are being presented to the conference for discussions.

The research papers deal with environment, natural resources, forestry, geology, agriculture, livestock breeding, minerals, gems, oil and gas, climate change and natural disaster, the sources said.

Besides these, papers related to transport and urbanization, land survey and aerospace technology, satellite and sensing technology are also covered by their discussions.

The participating companies include geographical information companies, land survey and land management companies, aerospace and aviation companies and IT companies, the sources added.

Source: Xinhua | 28 October 2014