Remote Sensing in National and International Legal System

The remote sensing, because of its wide-range application, plays a crucial role in earth sciences and technologies. Regarding legal significance of it in human life, its legal aspects have been analyzed within international treaties and conventions, as well as the national laws. In this paper the legal aspects of areal photogrammetry and satellite-based remote sensing have been surveyed. In addition to considering legal nature and aspects of aerial remote sensing, this article investigates the international documents on space activities (relating to remote sensing) and the most important legal principles governing the mentioned category, and tries to clarify the situation of it in international laws. Despite the high importance of the topic, the legal national and international situations of it are not clearly explained. Based on the obtained results of this research work many aspects of the remote sensing have been explained, such as: the reliability of satellite remote sensing data, and applicability of intellectual property law to them. The mentioned cases are among the samples of usability of remote sensing in judicial and legal processes.