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AUSTRALIAN CENTRE REMOTE SENSING [1 record]

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Record 1 2003-06-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Remote Sensing
OBS

The Australian Centre for Remote Sensing (ACRES) is Australia's major satellite Remote Sensing organisation, which was established as the Australian Landsat Station in 1979. ACRES is a business unit of the Australian Surveying and Land Information Group (AUSLIG), Department of Industry, Science and Resources. British Aerospace Australia is employed under contract to provide operations and maintenance services. ACRES goal is to maintain and periodically refresh a comprehensive archive of satellite remotely sensed data over Australia to help ensure that fundamental geographic information is available for the benefit of the Australian community. ACRES primary functions are to acquire, catalogue, archive, process and distribute remotely sensed data acquired from earth observation satellites for both scientific and operational applications.

Key term(s)
  • Australian Center for Remote Sensing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Télédétection
Key term(s)
  • Centre australien de télédétection
  • ACRES

Spanish

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