Iran Launches Geomatics Observatory for Surveying

The headquarters for developing space technologies and advanced transport unveiled the geomatics observatory during the second international exhibition of Iran Geo which was held in Tehran on January 29-February 1.

Geomatics is the discipline concerned with the collection, distribution, storage, analysis, processing, and presentation of geographic data or geographic information.

The discipline of Geomatics encompasses the fields of surveying, mapping, remote sensing (Laser Scanning), photogrammetry, hydrography, Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), Geographic Information System (GIS), and many more.

"Native Positioning System", "Native Aerial Photogrammetry System", "Native GIS Engine" and "Geomatics Observatory" were unveiled during the event.

For applying GPS in precise engineering, high accuracy is required, and for this purpose, it is necessary to create a network of receivers to achieve high accuracy in this field.

The geomatics observatory provides the possibility of monitoring using satellite images in various areas. For instance, it is possible to monitor land use changes or the traffic of the transport fleet.

Institutions and entities such as agriculture departments, governors, and police are among the beneficiaries of the geomatics observatory.

The photogrammetric aerial system is a technical system because aerial imaging requires special cameras that are equipped with technologies such as GPS. 

The positioning system includes hardware and software parts so that a series of GPS receivers are installed all over the country and the obtained data are compared.

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