VanderSat in Myanmar

“Thirty Myanmarese water professionals got the opportunity to learn about the technology behind passive microwave remote sensing and get hands on experience both with the VanderSat viewer and the VanderSat API”

– Nina Kattler – Remote Sensing Analyst

Once the session at the Greater Mekong Forum finished, VanderSat headed to the Yangon Technical University to give a 3-day training to participants from government agencies and academia. Together with representatives from FutureWater and HKV, VanderSat prepared exercises, tutorials and presentations about remote sensing, especially focussing on how to access and use data in the Google Earth Engine and in the VanderSat viewer. The more than 30 Myanmarese participants got the opportunity to learn about the technology behind passive microwave remote sensing and get hands on experience both with the VanderSat viewer and the VanderSat API, where the VanderSat 100 by 100 m resolution soil moisture data for Myanmar was made available.

VPDelta project

VanderSat is one of several Consortium Partners in the VPDelta project “Leapfrogging Delta Management in Myanmar” which is sponsored by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO). VPDelta supports innovative Dutch entrepreneurs in the Netherlands in the field of water, specifically innovations that provide affordable and scalable solutions for effective water management.
Our two Remote Sensing experts, Teije van der Horst and Nina Kattler, would like to thank the participants for their hard work and enthusiasm, as well as the Yangon Technical University for facilitating the training.

Our two Remote Sensing experts, Teije van der Horst and Nina Kattler, would like to thank the participants for their hard work and enthusiasm, as well as the Yangon Technical University for facilitating the training.