Images India : Rediscovering India A Journey Through Space Images

Beschreibung

Contents 1. Earth observation the Indian perspective. 2. The lands. 3. The waters. 4. Oceans and coasts. 5. The environment. 6. Human dimension. 7. Around the world. 8. The global perspective. Acknowledgements. Data resources. Glossary. Far sight is a form of foresight. It is only when one is able to view the earth from a distance far removed from the trappings of local circumstances does the perspective of truth emerge. This is the basic trust underlining all efforts of looking at earth from space. When the Indian programme of earth observation from space was conceived over three decades ago the hunger in the minds of those responsible for it was for the true perspective of our lands waters environment and resources. There were challenges on hand to develop a nation that depended on its environment which was not understood and imaged completely. It was not known as to how resourceful interactive and sustainable was our environment. Thus the vision before the Indian Space Programme was to build facilities that would provide a far sight on the homeland and bear a foresight on its resources and risks. The rapid progress made by the Indian Earth Observation Programme from space has provided new images and a new vision on our common heritage. The combined efforts of several institutions engaged in remote sensing activities have provided a cumulative strength of viewing earth from space. India is now amongst those pioneers who have successfully used space for the peaceful purposes of inventorying monitoring and understanding the natural environment and resources. This volume presents images mostly obtained from India's fleet of satellites in space. It provides a far sight into the awesome diversity of India. It provokes you to bear a foresight and responsibility towards all that we have. Here begins a journey into the rediscovery of India enabled through images from space. 200 pp.

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Bibliografische Details

Titel

Images India : Rediscovering India A Journey Through Space Images

Verlag

National Remote Sensing Agency, Hyderabad

Erscheinungsjahr

2006

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN-10

8175256524

ISBN-13

9788175256521

Einband

Hardbound

Auflage

New

Zustand

As New

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