Geo-informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (Public Organisation) or GISTDA is a government organisation under the supervision of the Ministry of Science and Technology. It is Thailand’s core agency responsible for providing satellite remote sensing and Geographic Information system (GIS) data and services to both public and private sectors, nationally and internationally. GISTDA also conducts capacity building programmes in GIS and its applications and actively involves in research and development in both GIS and space technology. In addition to being the operator of Thaichote, Thailand’s first high resolution Earth Observation satellite, GISTDA has a ground receiving station network and agreements giving access to more than 20 foreign satellites, the largest selection in Southeast Asia.
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