task was the acquisition of high altitude photography enabling 
interpretation of geological structures. Works on geological in 
terpretation of thermal photographs were carried out in coopera 
tion with geologists. Good agreement has been found between the 
documented natural gas deposits and thermal anomalies appearing 
on aerial photographs taken in far infrared. 
Maps of various components of the invironment of highly urbanized 
and industrialized areas are an important aid for regional- plan 
ners. These are land utilization maps based on the interpretation 
of setellite imagery and other, more specialized products. For 
example: land utilization map of Warsaw and its environs has been 
elaborated by out specialists during their training in USA; map • 
showing the distribution of ground temperature in Warsaw was ela 
borated by our staff on the basis of thermal images taken from an 
aircraft. 
Our team has noted considerable achievements in acquisition of 
remotely sensed data on land utilization, including agricultural 
land utilization. The results of our research in the field of 
agriculture are very promissing; we hope that in the future it 
will be possible to replace the conventional census with a more 
reliable and quicker method - remote sensing. 
Besides the Earth surface, also the lower layers of the atmos 
phere can be investigated by means of remote sensing. A survey 
of microclimate in the area of planned housing estate is an 
example of such application of remote sensing. The staff of our 
Institute has elaborated a new method of delimitation of sani 
tary zones around industrial plants. The method, based on the in 
terpretation of aerial photographs acquired by means of various 
techniques, has been successfully applied. 
Research on the possibilities of application of remote sensing 
in agriculture is carried out, to a large extent, in cooperation 
with agricultural research institutes. Research works have been 
focused on the identification of genotypes of several cereals 
and other cultivated plants. It has been established that envi 
ronmental factors, the density of sowing and the density of 
fertilization do' not significantly affect the spectral response 
of plants. The results of interpretation are very promissing for 
the future. The next task is an attempt at crop forecasting. 
The water content in the soil is another important factor in 
fluencing the yield. Our Centre has also undertaken research on 
water content in soil throughout the growing season. Multispec- 
tral aerial photography, imagery acquired during manned space 
missions launched by the Soviet Union, as well as landsat data 
will be utilized in our agricultural program. 
The application of remote sensing in the field of forestry has 
already brought about substantial achievements. Out works have 
been mainly focused on surveying sanitary conditions of forests 
under harmful influence of biotic and abiotic factors. The tech 
nology of acquisition and elaboration of false-colour photo 
graphy, has been mastered and applied in practice. Large 
scale inventory on the degree of forest damage caused by insects 
has been carried out. The method of delimitation of zones of 
different degree of damage to pine species due to industrial