MLITT: Infra displacement monitoring tool (ANATIS) provided: “Daichi 2” observation data use
July 12, 2019
MLITT:Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
“Infrastructure displacement monitoring tool with satellite SAR data” (ANATIS) developed by JAXA can be used by the private sector.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism is utilizing the new technology of JAXA development in public works etc.
It is also available to private companies from July 8th.
ANATIS: Monitor social infrastructure widely and frequently
In recent years, Japan’s infrastructure has been aging.
Emergence of serious accident risks,
Rising maintenance costs,
Lack of inspection technicians,
Currently, large river embankments, large ports, airports, etc. are inspected regularly by visual inspection (for example, the river embankment is regularly surveyed at intervals of 200 m once within five years).
Satellite data can be used to monitor social infrastructure widely and frequently.
ANATIS
Land analysis technology satellite “Daichi 2” (ALOS-2) Automatic analysis tool of observation data.
This enables infrastructure monitoring using satellite data (Figure 1).