Commercial Satellite Imagery

From the contents:
- The new safeguards protocol - The need for new verification technologies
- The use of commercial satellite imagery in strengthening IAEA safeguards
- The role of satellite imagery for international treaty verification
- Image processing
- Commercial remote sensing satellite programmes
- Applications of commercial satellite imagery - Some case studies
- Satellite imagery and GIS
- Application of satellite imagery - A country case: Canada
- Cost benefit analysis
- Legal aspects of the use of satellite imagery by the IAEA

From the reviews:

"It concentrates on the role of commercial satellite imagery in monitoring nuclear weapons nonproliferation, particularly in the context of the IAEA safeguards system used to verify the NPT. ... This is a timely and important work. It offers very thorough coverage of the subject, successfully links technological and policy issues and provides a wealth of relevant data and many useful recommendations." (John Russell, Trust & Verify, Issue 108, May-June, 2003)