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The apparent higher relative consumption of CCTs (as compared with global acquisition) may 
be explained by the competence of foreign Contracting Firms to use, and their preference for, 
CCTs for their projects. 
Unfortunately, the growth pattern in the use of CCTs that was consistent from 1975— 1981 
became thereafter broken. Indeed, during the period 1975— 1982 the greatest demand by 
Developing Countries for both photographic frames and CCTs occurred in 1981. This phenome- 
non may be explained by: 
(i) the intensified campaigns by the Operators of Remo te Sensing Systems; 
(ii) the aroused spirit of experimentation arising from the sudden awareness, which prompted 
the willingness on the part of the appropriate Authorities of Developing Countries to in- 
vest in this area despite many competing development priorities; 
(iii) the increased capability of Developing Countries to utilise remote sensing products, 
following the returns on their earlier investments on manpower development in this field. 
The failure to realise the expected far-reaching and immediate results from this investment 
led to a decline in further investments in subsequent years. 
22 Areas of Remote Sensing Applications 
The areas of remore sensing applications by, and in, some 47 Developing Countries as revea- 
led by this study are as shown in Table 3, in which the following abbreviations have been adop- 
ted: 
ASO  — Possessing Aerial Survey Outfit Aircrew, + Aircraft + Camera) 
FPF  — Possessing Full Processing Facility 
GS — Having Ground Receiving Station 
| — Applications by Indigenous personnel 
NRSA — Having National Remote Sensing Agency 
PF — Possessing Processing Facility 
RSC — Having, or hosting, Remote Sensing Centre 
TA — Applications by foreign nationals under Technical Assistance, including activities 
by foreign nationals under contractual arrangements. 
These applications have been categorised in accordance with the location of the sensor at the 
time of obtaining the remote sensing product in use. Thus, the applications are either employing 
the aerial photograph (as in the case of aerial photogrammetric mapping), or Satellite imagery. 
TABLE 3: 
Areas of Remote Sensing Applications in some Developing Countries. 
APPLICATIONS OF REMOTE SENSING WITH SENSOR 
DEVELOPING ON 
COUNTRY AERIAL PLATFORM SATELLITE PLATFORM 
AFRICA 
1. Algeria | 1: 12. TA — 19 
2. Benin TA — 1 TA — 15; 11; 19 
3. Botswana TA- 11; 12 TA — 18