International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Vol XXXV, Part B6. Istanbul 2004 
The following information is related to the importance of the 
International Course on Remote Sensing and GIS in their 
professional and academic career. Currently 92% of them are 
working with Remote Sensing, GIS, and most of them for a 
long time: 3 months to 5 years: 18; 6 to 10 years: 26; 11 to 15 
years: 4; 16 to 20 years: 3; 21 to 25 years: 4 and 26 to 30 years: 
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They have been working in the following Remote Sensing and 
GIS areas: Agriculture, Computer Science, Digital Images 
Processing, Division of Environmental Protection (SPAM), 
Economical Ecological ^ Zoning (ZEE), Education, 
Environmental Geology and Geomorphology, Environmental 
Impact, Forest Monitoring, Geography Teaching for Grammar 
and High School Students, Geological Cartography, Geology 
applied to Remote Sensing, Geosciences, ||. /NPE's Image 
Generation Division, Land Use, Landscape Ecology (coastal 
zones), Meteorology, Natural Disasters, Natural Resources 
and Environmental Studies, Natural Resources Handling in 
Indigenous Communities, Protected Areas in Amazonian, 
Reforestation, Researches for Oil Geological Exploration, 
Satellite Images and Aerial Photos Interpretation, Sea and 
Coastal Zones Researches, Territorial Ordering, Urban Planning 
and Water Resources. 
They have been developing the following Remote Sensing and 
GIS activities: 
e Analysis and evaluation of the landscape changes 
made by the human activities in coastal zones; 
e Biophysical component of planning, soils and 
evaluation; 
e Coordination of the use of satellite data in 
different projects and GIS applications; 
e  Costal morph dynamic; 
e Crops operational forecasting; 
e Database handling; 
e Development of research projects; 
e Diagnoses and evaluations of the changes of the 
natural resources; 
e . Digital images processing; 
e Environment monitoring and cultural patrimony; 
e. Environmental licensing of forest and agriculture 
companies; 
e Geological cartography; 
eo  Geomorphological mapping and soil use for 
environmental diagnoses; 
«  Geo-referencing of information; 
e GIS Management and Development; 
e Glaciers and Climatic changes; 
e Images visual interpretation using supervised and 
non-supervised methods and, images processing 
using improvement techniques and filters; 
e Management of environment using Remote 
Sensing and GIS; 
e Management of water resources; 
e Mapping for city cadastre; 
e Mapping of land sliding and flooded areas; 
e Monitoring of forested and deforested areas and 
fire aiming the sustainable development of the 
Legal Amazonian, water resources and pollution; 
e Remote Sensing and GIS specialist; 
e Research projects users; 
e Researches on soil and environmental hazards 
caused by the process of desertification; 
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eo Searching of military targets (aerodromes, 
bridges and industries); 
e Soil use in water basins; 
e Student on Master Course Programme; 
e Studies of reservoirs; 
e Studies of the environmental impact, handling 
plan for conservation units and protected areas; 
e Studies on the climatologic phenomena on the 
Venezuela; 
e Teaching and research; 
e The updating of the Bolivia Forest Mapping; 
e Vegetation cartography. 
Therefore, 8% of them have not been involved with this 
technology in their work anymore, as follows: 6 months to 3 
years: 3 students; 10 years: 1 student. 
The main reasons of quitting to work with it are: 
Change of job, 
The current 
technology, 
Difficulty to set up a necessary structure to work with 
Remote Sensing and GIS, 
Change to a new professional career. 
institution. does not work with this 
Most of them (75%) work in public institutions as Universities, 
Space and Scientific Research and Technology Centres, 
Grammar and High Schools, Municipalities, Oil Company, 
Museum, Ministries and so on. 
About 25% work in private institutions as Foundations, 
Agricultural ^ Companies, Universities, Environmental 
Consulting Services, Geological Services Companies, Remote 
Sensing and GIS Companies, and so on. 
Regarding to their position in these institutions it can be found a 
variety of them, like: 
o Computer science and Resources Analyst; 
e Environmental Analyst; 
e Agricultural Engineer; 
eo Biologist; 
e Consultant of Remote Sensing and GIS; 
e Coordinator of Remote Sensing and GIS 
Division; 
e Director; 
e (Geographer; 
eo Geography Teacher Assistant; 
e Geologist of explorations (Remote Sensing and 
GIS applications); 
e GIS Manager; 
e Managers (Agricultural and Forest Projects; 
Images Processing and Interpretation; Practical 
Works; Studies; the Brazilian Institute of 
Statistics and Geography Agency; and Regional 
Manager); 
e Remote Sensing and Geo-referencing Team 
Leader; 
e Research Technical Assistant; 
e Researcher; 
e Scientific Technician; 
e Specialists (Environmental; Hydraulics and 
Satellite Images); 
e Students of post graduation courses in Master 
and Doctorate;