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nat, can be e- 
mailed to the user workstation via Internet. 
e Bulletin Board 
The Bulletin Board service is provided through 
the CCRS PlaNet bulletin board system. This 
service is subdivided into three main sections: 
SMRSS Products & Services, CCRS Bulletin 
Board and Special Interest Groups. 
The SMRSS Products & Services section allows 
Users... £0... view... a... directory. of... product 
descriptions, single and group prices and the 
various contacts in Canada for ordering analog 
and digital products. 
The CCRS Bulletin Board provides a 
noticeboard, message area and news items. 
Information concerning upcoming conferences in 
remote sensing, CCRS projects and publications 
can be found under that topic. In addition, 
information about the CCRS Technology 
Enhancement > Program; training and 
development can be found there. 
The Special Interest Groups section contains 
information about some remote sensing activities 
at the provincial and territorial level, remote 
sensing company profiles and a list of 
educational institutes in remote sensing 
applications and information on the Canadian 
Remote Sensing Society. 
À file transfer are allows users equipped with a 
PC and modem to download sample image files 
and a variety of CCRS publications onto their 
system. 
* RESORS 
RESORS is an on-line bibliographic database 
that provides rapid and precise access to 
information on the technologies and applications 
of remote sensing world-wide. It is 
internationally recognized as the leading 
bibliographic information source in remote 
sensing. It is owned and operated by the 
Canada Centre for Remote Sensing. 
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The RESORS database contains over 89,000 
references that have been indexed by 
experienced subject specialists over the last two 
decades. 
RESORS is extensively used by organizations 
and individuals throughout the world. It serves 
remote sensing scientists, engineers, researchers, 
educators and students. Governments, 
corporations and academic institutions all make 
substantial use of the system and people from 
virtually every country in the world have 
accessed RESORS. 
There is an annual subscription cost for this 
retrieval service. ^ Other products such as 
training manuals, slide sets, acronym lists and 
glossaries are also available. 
3. GCNet USAGE STATISTICS 
GCNet has been made available on November 
1990. Since October 1992, we have monitored 
usage statistics. Table 2 shows the number of 
monthly sessions from October 1992 until March 
1994 inclusively. For the first twelve months 
(Oct 1992 - Sep 1993), 2614 sessions were 
recorded on GCNet. This represents an average 
of 217 monthly sessions. However, during the 
last six months, the total number of users has 
reached 1971 for a monthly average of 328 
sessions. 
This recent increase in the average number of 
monthly sessions (more that 100 sessions) is a 
consequence of the promotional activities that 
were devoted to GCNet during the past years. 
A GCNet Quick Reference Guide (available in 
both English and French languages) has been 
printed and distributed to a wide audience via a 
few national journals/newsletters devoted to 
remote sensing. Many presentations have been 
made at national and even international 
conferences. Some advertisement was also made 
in remote sensing journals and contacts were 
established with several Canadian institutions 
involved in Global Change/Remote Sensing 
activities. ^ Finally, if users have specific 
questions on how to use the services on GCNet