“Videography from the orbital station Mir-implications for the International Space Station”

With the development of multispectral digital video technologies it has become possible to perform real-time global mapping and monitoring based on videography from space. It can be achieved by downloading data on a ground server from the International Space Station (ISS) with real time access via the Internet (McCarthy T., Lulla K.). This paper discusses examples of space videography for observations of natural phenomena and human activities collected from the Mir space station between 1991-1992. The paper proposes applications of ISS-based multispectral space videography for a disaster assessment and management based on “Dynamic Spaceborne Video Mapping System”