PUBLIC PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

1996 - 1999 Israel Space Agency (ISA) Member of Steering Committee(Personal Nomination by the Minister of Science) ISA Main Achievements during these years:-  Establishment of  the  Israel Space Agency - Middle East Interactive  Data Archive (ISA-MEIDA) within the framework of NASA EOSDIS  (Earth Observing System Data and Information System)-  Support for  TechSAT Mission & Space Research-  Establishment of a Satellite Receiving Station in the   Desert Research Institute, Sede Boker 1999 – 2001 Israel Science Foundation:Member of the Geographical & Regional Science Committee 1999 – 2001 National Mapping Agency: Member Shoreline Demarcation Committee 2003 - Today Israel Space Agency: Space Resources Committee 2005 Israel Space Agency: redesign of the Venus Satellite Orbit  International Activities 1992 – 1995: Israel Representative to the   International Association of  Landscape Ecology 2003 – 2005: Book Series Editor of the Int. Society of Photogrammetry  and Remote Sensing.  Edited Books: 1. Kainz, W., Li, Z., and Zhou, Q.,(Edts.)2003, Advances in Spatial Analysis and Decision Making, ISPRS Book Series 2. Budge, A.M., and Morain, S.A., (Edts), 2004,  Post-Launch Calibration of Satellite Sensors, ISPRS Book Series 3. Agouris, P., and Croituru, A., (Edts), 2005, Next Generation Geospatial Information- From Digital Image Analysis to Spatio-Temporal Databases. ISPRS Book Series  (with Paul Aplin) 4. Tao, V., and Li, J. (Eds.), 2007, Advances in Mobile Mapping Technology.  2007 ISPRS Book Series (with Paul Aplin) 2006 : Editorial Board of   Francis & Taylor Book on: "Remote  Sensing and GeoInformation Processing in the Assessment  and Monitoring of Land Degradation and Desertification".