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secara terperinci menggunakan teknologi seperti sistem ‘global positioning’, fotografi digital udara dan penginderaan jauh serta peralatan pengurusan pentadbiran seperti statistik hasil. Syarahan Umum ini dihadiri oleh 70 peserta.
technology, such as global positioning system, digital air photography and remote sensing as well as traditional land surveys and administrative management tools such as yield statistics. The public lecture was attended by 70 participants.
Dalam siri syarahan yang sama, Akademi Sains Malaysia telah menjemput Prof Dr Wayne L. Myers menyampaikan syarahan di Malaysian Centre for Remote Sensing (MACRES) pada 30 September 2005 di bawah Program Budaya Kecemerlangan. Prof Myers merupakan Professor dalam bidang Perhutanan Biometrik dan Pengarah di Office for Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Resources di Pennsylvania State University. Beliau kini sedang di dalam cuti sabatikal dari Pennsylvania State University sebagai Felo Penyelidik di KUSTEM, Terengganu. Prof Myers menyampaikan syarahan bertajuk “Macroscopes vs. Microscopes: The Multi-scale Science of Environment” di MACRES.
The Academy of Sciences Malaysia extended an invitation to Prof Dr Wayne L. Myers to deliver a lecture at the Malaysian Centre for Remote Sensing (MACRES) on 30th September 2005 under its ‘Fostering a Culture of Excellence Programme’. Prof Myers is a Professor of Forest Biometrics and Director of Office for Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Resources at the Pennsylvania State University. He is currently on sabbatical leave from Pennsylvania State University as a Research Fellow at KUSTEM, Terengganu. Prof Myers delivered a lecture on “Macroscopes vs. Microscopes: The Multi-scale Science of Environment” at MACRES.
Syarahan Umum ini dihadiri seramai lebih kurang 90 peserta yang terdiri daripada pegawai MACRES serta pegawai dari Kementerian dan institusi seperti Kementerian Alam Sekitar dan Sumber Asli, JPSM, Perhilitan, FRIM, MPOB, MRB dan UPM. Syarahan Prof Myers merangkumi bidang yang luas dan beliau menyampaikan satu syarahan yang informatif. Beberapa peserta turut membincangkan mengenai teknologi Geographic Information Systems (GIS) yang memainkan peranan penting dalam organisasi kerajaan dan badan perniagaan.
The Public Lecture was well attended by about 90 persons mainly comprising MACRES Officers along with those from other Government Ministries / institutions such as Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE), JPSM, Perhilitan, FRIM, MPOB, MRB and UPM. Prof Myers covered many broad areas and presented a very informative lecture. Some of the applications discussed were the GIS (Geographic Information Systems) technologies that serve important roles for many government organisations and commercial enterprises.
LAPORAN TAHUNAN 2005 ANNUAL REPORT