PALESTINE

These sites contain remote sensing resources for Palestine.

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ACMAD
ACMAD's objective is to contribute to sustainable development in Africa through investigation of meteorological and climatological domains. The main activities are short and medium range weather forecasting, climate watch, seasonal forecasting, and  training of African meteorologists in new techniques and technologies. ACMAD is composed  the 53 countries of the continent of Africa. ACMAD is located in Niamey, Niger Republic.
 
 

Africa Data Dissemination Service -- ADDS -- US Geological Survey
ADDS provides 1 km. ground resolution AVHRR imagery for Egypt.  This service includes free downloadable software for image interpretation, an online imagery index, basic maps and an increasing amount of agricultural production data.  Some 10-day averages of vegetation information (NDVI) are available from 1982 to the present.  ADDS includes regional and continent-wide imagery compilations.
 

Space Imaging Middle East /Euromap
Imagery of Egypt gathered by India's IRS 1C and IRS 1D satellites at the Dubai groundstation in the U.A.E. is available from Dubai Space Imaging Company and can be ordered via Euromap.
Space Imaging Middle East
Warba Center Building
Box 10466
Dubai
United Arab Emirates
tel:      +971 4 661 799
fax:     +971 4 689173
email: dsi@emirates.net.ae
 

Earthsat
Earthsat (http://www.earthsat.com/environ/region) provides infrared satellite imaging, GIS, agricultural and socioeconomic data on Palestine, usually under contract to the United Nations, national governments, US government agencies, World Bank  or corporations.
Earth Satellite Corporation (Earthsat)
6011 Executive Blvd., Suite 600
Rockville, Maryland 20852
USA
tel:  +1 301 231 0660
fax: +1 301 231 5020

Egyptian Committee for Surveying and Mapping
Egyptian Survey Authority Headquarters
Postal Code 12311
Orman, Giza
Egypt
Tel: +20-2-348-4904
Fax: +20-2-348-4880

Eurimage
Imagery of Egypt is marketed by Eurimage, http://www.eurimage.com/Common/Addresses.html, gathered by one or more of the following satellites:  AVHRR/TIROS (NOAA), ERS-1 and ERS-2 SAR (ESA), JERS-1 (RESTEC, Japan), KFA-1000 (SOVZOND, Russia), KVR-1000 and MK-4 and TK-350 (SOVINFORMSPUTNIK), LANDSAT (Space ImagingUSA) and RESURS-01 (Swedish Space Corporation). For details contact:
Ms Roberta Rufo
OFF SHORE
Centre d'Affaires
Bat. StrategeVoie n. 1, B.P. 17F-31312
Labege Innopole (Toulouse)
France
tel:    +33-5 61 39 77 47
fax:   +33-5 61 00 64 94
email:  rufo@eurimage.it
 

Famine Early Warning System - FEWS
This sophisticated U.S. AID-funded project merges weather imagery, rainfall data, ground observation, local price information for agricultural products and related data for the entire continent of Africa. Its objective is to provide early warning of potential food and water crises. Much weather satellite imagery is available online.
FEWS Project
1611 N. Kent St., Suite 1002
Arlington, VA 22209
USA
tel: +1-703-522-7722
fax: +1-703-522-7729
email: info@fews.net

GeoMap Consultants
Mohsen Badawy
13 El Obour Blds.
Salah Salem Street
Cairo 11371
Egypt
Tel:        +20 2 402 68 75
Fax:       +20 2 403 87 84
E-mail    geomap@link.com.eg


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