Sentinel Asia Success Story was held in the Philippines and sponsored by JAXA in coordination with RESTEC and technical support by PASCO Corporation and PASCO Philippine Corporation.

Technical Training / Field Survey / Workshop

Technical training of Sentinel Asia of Philippines was held at Club Morocco Beach Resort in Subic, Zambales on August, 2009. The participants from the governmental agencies of Philippines were gathered to study the applications of natural disasters and know-how of creating hazard maps and image processing with utilizing ALOS satellite images.

On February, 2010, field survey of Mt. Mayon was conducted to increase the positioning accuracy of the hazard maps of Mt. Mayon by collecting X, Y, Z coordinates with GPS devices.
Workshops were also held in city of Iloilo and Manila to present the final results of hazard maps created by the governmental agencies of Philippines.

The Philippine Real Estate Festival - July 23 – 25, 2009 - is an annual event that showcases all types of real estate developments and services under one roof.

The Festival will also provide updates and insights on housing and real estate investment in the country from both demand and supply providers and to allow all of us to fully realize that real property is the most, if not the best, investment in the market as it is stable and is unlikely to lose value.

October 7 – 8, 2009 - Annual gathering of ESRI product users from private companies to local government units.

This year’s presentation highlights the importance of data for disaster mapping and a review of present calamity and local hazard mitigation plans.

The Workshop on Using Advanced Geographical Information System (GIS) and Satellite Development in Asia was held on October 12, 2009 at ADB office.

Participants for the workshop are the following agencies:

1. Cabinet Office of Japan
2. JAXA
3. University of Tokyo
4. PASCO Philippines Corporation
5. ADB directors and staff
6. Nippon KOEI
7. UN Secretary General’s Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation (UNSGAB)
8. UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
9. Grameenphone Ltd.
10. FUJITSU Limited
11. Center of the International Cooperation for Computerization (CICC)
12. Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
13. Kokusai Kogyo Co., LTD


PASCO Corp introduced new technology for mapping. With the use of SAR and optical imagery combined with a good system application, produces a powerful GIS tool. PASCO’s sensors were introduced and also Lidar cameras and ASNARO, a small, low cost satellite which will be launched in 2011.