UNESCO Activities in Asia-Pacific Concerning GIS
UNESCO's activities concerning GIS aim to:
- increase awareness amongst cultural heritage management professionals on the capabilities of GIS;
- enhance provision of GIS and cultural resource management education/training at a regional level;
- to assist potential users to access suitable software and supportTo assist site management agencies in acquisition of remote sensing data products and services;
- and to develop heritage site data standards.
The following is a list of projects coordinated and implemented from the UNESCO Regional Office for Culture in Asia and the Pacific that use GIS as a crucial implementation tool:
- Trafficking and HIV/AIDS Project
- Cultural Mapping
- Plain of Jars Tentative List Site, Lao PDR
- Historic Town of Sukhothai and Associated Historic Towns World Heritage Site, Thailand
