operational application. of remote
sensing and to the development of the
technology for Earth observation.
Turnaround time for finding, ordering
and receiving data sets will be reduced,
thus allowing the users to spend more
time on their applications. With CEONet
operational users and scientists will be
able to go beyond their own internal
data sets to gather the information they
need through electronic networks,
databases and distributed browsing
Systems. |n addition the interface for
new Earth observation missions will be
in place, making data from all missions
more quickly accessible.
Effective management of Canada's
natural resources requires reliable
information that can often be provided
by earth observation. Canadian
government and agencies have spent
many billions of dollars collecting data
to manage and monitor Canada's land
and waters.
CEONet will
ensure that these
data and the
remote sensing
data provided by
the Canadian
Space Program
are used to their
fullest potential.
CEONet will be a
strategic source
o f new
technologies for
Canadianindustry
ina: global
knowledge-based
economy. The
earth resources and the environment.
The ground station technology industry
willincorporate the CEONet approaches
and techniques in data delivery systems
for the export market. This program
is essential for Canadian industry to
retain its leadership role in the
application of technology derived from
the Canadian Space Program and its
share of the export markets.
Program Status
Four agencies (the Canadian Space
Agency, the Canada Centre for Remote
Sensing, the Department of Fisheries
and Oceans and the Atmospheric
Environment Service) are funding a
study to develop the requirements,
conceptual design, implementation
plan, costs, benefits and commercial
opportunities of CEONet. The contract
to complete this study was awarded to
a group of Canadian companies led by
Users
CEONet
value-added
industry will use
Government Value Added
Archives Resellers
the CEONet
infrastructure to
develop and
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