Space Technology and Geographic Information Systems Applications in adb projects

Contribution of Space Technology 
ALIS uses the “master sample method” to save on operation work. The master sample method is one of 
the statistical sample design methods that reduces the framework maintenance. Under this method, the 
master sample meshes are extracted from the original meshes (first sampling) and this gives framework 
information (calculated area of agricultural land by tracing its border line) to these extracted master 
sample meshes, and then extracts survey sample meshes (second sampling) from these master sample 
meshes. Google Earth images are used as background imagery in ALIS for making the meshes and 
inputting the results of field surveys. 
Results
ALIS was installed at BAS and a capacity development program was provided by the experts of AFSIS. The 
pilot study to use ALIS has been conducted by BAS in some pilot provinces in the Philippines in 2013.
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Space Technology and Geographic Information Systems Applications in Asian Development Bank Projects
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Innovative Data Collection Methods for Agricultural
and Rural Statistics
Project Title
Innovative Data Collection Methods for Agricultural and Rural Statistics
Project Number
TA 8369-REG
Country
Regional (Lao People’s Democratic Republic [PDR], Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam)
Department
Economics and Research Department/Development Indicators and Policy Research 
Division
Executing Agency
Asian Development Bank
Sector/Subsector 
Agriculture and natural resources/Agriculture and rural sector development
Amount Approved
$2,000,000 (ADB), $375,000 (JAXA in-kind)
Approval/Completion
20 May 2013/May 2016 (TBD)