AN EXPERIMENTAL SUPPORT CENTER FOR OPERATIONAL USE 
OF REMOTELY SENSED DATA 
REMETEY-FÜLOPP,G. and WINKLER,P. 
Institute of Geodesy and Cartography 
Guszev u 19, 1051 BUDAPEST HUNGARY 
ABSTRACT 
The Remote Sensing Department of the Institute of Geodesy and 
Cartography was established in Hungary with the major aim to call 
into existence a nationwide Support Center for Applied Remote Sen- 
sing /SCARS/. The scope and function of the department is discussed 
from four aspects namely user service, extension efforts, public 
relations and research+development as well. The SCARS - supported 
by the the Ministry of Agriculture, the National Office for Techni- 
cal Development as well as the Intercosmos Council of the 
Hungarian Academy of Sciences - will be fully operational after 
1985. Some of the present investigations, application programs will 
be presented by colour slides. 
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First of all, let's introduce the.host institute for the futu- 
re Support Center for Applied Remote Sensing /SCARS/. The Institute 
of Geodesy and Cartography /IGEC/ directed by the National Office 
of Lands and Mapping at the Ministry of Agriculture concentrates 
on four major areas of interest namely on map service, automatiza- 
tion of surveying, satellite geodesy and remote sensing applica- 
tions. 
The Remote Sensing Department /RSD/ was established in 1981 as a 
continuation and extension of the research activity, which had 
started in the Satellite Geodetic Observatory of the same institu- 
te some years ago. 
The work of the department is based on two laboratories belonging 
to it, financially supported by tne Ministry of Agriculture, the 
National Office for Technical Development and the Intercosmos 
Council of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. The aim of the work 
is to develop in all of its complexity a nationwide Support Center 
for Applied Remote Sensing. It is at this time in experimental 
stage and will be fully operational in 1985. Besides some user ser- 
vice and public relations activity, the work is presently focused 
on the establishment of the SCARS and on research+development/fig.l/. 
USER SERVICES 
As far as the user support is concerned, the RSD 
- acquires, archives and distributes aerial photographs , airborne 
IR scanner data and space imagery on commercial basis, 
- informs users on data availability, distributes data products, 
- tailors application software to the particular requirements of 
the user, provides continuous consultancy as required, 
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