Creating a Safe and Comfortable World

PASCO launched its overseas business in 1963, when it won the contract to finalize the border in the neutral zone between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, after competing with other leading surveying companies in the world. We were also the first private surveying company in Japan to get a direct order from a foreign government.

Since then, we have been involved in the creation of national base maps and the building of GIS for many countries in Asia, Africa, Central and South America, Europe, and the former Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).

Some of these projects helped assist in the recovery of nations exhausted by conflict. Now we provide our technology accumulated in Japan to foreign countries through our worldwide network.

Human resource development and technology transfers to overseas countries

We respond to a variety of needs in different areas in the world using the most appropriate technology we have, including digital mapping with aerial photography, the creation of topographic maps from satellite data, and highly accurate 3-D modeling with aerial digital sensing.

The topographic map, a basic element of developing any country, covers not only topographic information such as land elevation, rivers, and vegetation patterns, but also information on land use, including agriculture, commercial area and river basin.

The map is also indispensable when planning projects or land development, for example to identify a river system, select potential sites for a new dam or for agricultural development, design a structure such as a bridge or tunnel, or plan for forestry management.

The map data acquisition and mapping technologies have advanced greatly in recent years. Responding to the needs of the times, we are also active in sending our engineers abroad to help in the development of local human resources and organize training programs for foreign engineers in Japan.

Protecting national land (disaster prevention)

PASCO's surveying, construction consulting, and GIS technologies contribute to the establishment of a safe and comfortable life for people all over the world.

We develop databases, simulate natural disasters, conduct analysis, and create hazard maps as countermeasures against earthquakes, tidal waves, floods, volcanic eruption, or other natural disasters.

These services assist in drawing up evacuation plans risk management policies.

Protecting national assets (cadastral and capital asset information)

We provide aerial photography, digital orthoimages, cadastral mapping, and GIS configuration with a combined database of cadastral and capital asset information, in order to protect the financial administration of individual nations.

We are also actively engaged in World Bank-funded projects for developing a cadastral and capital asset information system in Asia, Eastern Europe, Africa, and Central and South America.

Protecting World Heritage sites (surveying ancient monuments and cultural properties)

How can we protect ancient monuments that now disappearing? PASCO's advanced technology can provide a solution to the problem.

We contribute to the management, maintenance, and restoration of World Heritage sites, typified by the Valley of the Kings or the Bamiyan Buddha statues, by providing our cutting-edge technologies such as topographic maps from a macro perspective, and precise 3-D measurement from a micro perspective.