OUAGADOUGOU, le
TRAINING ACTIVITIES AT THE
REGIONAL REMOTE SENSING CENTRE,
OUAGADOUGOU (C. R. T. 0.)
by
Dr. Léon OKIO
and
Dri. J.P. OKANG.
1. INTRODUCTION
As a result of the Conference of Ministers of the United Nations
Economic Commission for Africa (E C A) held in KINSHASA, Zaire in March
1977, the African Remote Sensing Council was created. The Council in turn
established five regional remote sensing centres in CAIRO (Egypt), ILE-IFE
(Nigeria), KINSHASA (Zaire), NAIROBI (Kenya) and OUAGADOUGOU (Burkina Faso).
The Regional Remote Sensing Centre, OUAGADOUGOU (CRTO) is mana-
ged by a Ministerial Committee of fifteen representing the fifteen member
states from Western Africa -- ALGERIA, BENIN, BURKINA FASO, CAMEROON, CONGO,
COTE D'IVOIRE, GHANA, GUINEA, LIBERIA, MALI, MAURITANIA, NIGER, SENEGAL,
SIERRRA LEONE and TOGO.
The aims of CRTO are to promote, among member states, the use
of remote sensing through the following activities
- operation and maintenance of a receiving station ;
- recording, reproduction and dissemination of date to users ;
- extension of facilities for data analysis to users
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