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An analysis of the data in Table 3 reveals as. follows: 
(a) Only 66 percent of the cases of aerial Remote Sensing applications in Developing Countries 
are carried out by indigeneous personnel. Technical Assistance projects and contract jobs 
executed by foreign nationals constitute the remaining 34 percent of such applications. 
(b) For Satellite remote sensing applications in Developing Countries, the reverse is the case, with 
the applications by foreign nationals constituting as high as 69 percent of the overall applica- 
tions. 
(c) As high as 71 percent of the Countries, whose indigenous personnel apply remote sensing 
techniques, do so mainly for aerial photogrammetric mapping. 
(d) Aerial remote sensing applications by Indigenous personnel in more than 2 application areas 
occur in only 29 percent of the'Countries concerned. 
(e) Aerial Survey Outfit and Ground Receiving Station and/or Processing Station are available 
in only 8 and 5 Countries respectively out of the 47 Countries studied. 
(f) Only 3 Countries out of the 47 under consideration possess the indigenous manpower with 
the capability to execute advanced interpretation of Satellite imagery based on several linka- 
ges in such areas of application as land use studies and mineral exploration. 
(g) Virtually all current applications of Satellite remote sensing technique in Developing Coun- 
tries are based on target recognition from a relatively simple image identification. Such pro- 
cesses hardly go beyond the inventory and mapping of features and identified resource 
elements, Subtle distinctions based on advanced interpretations of Satellite imagery lie almost 
beyond the scope of indigeneous applications in Developing Countries. 
(h) As many as 67 percent of the remote sensing applications by indigenous personnel are made 
in only 9 of the 47 Developing Countries investigated. Indeed 47 percent of these applicá- 
tions are made in only 4 of the Countries (i.e. in less than 1096 of the Countries). 
(i) Only about 60 percent of the remote sensing applications in Developing Countries are execu- 
ted without considerable in-put from nationals of Advanced Countries. 
3. PROBLEMS OF REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES 
3.1 Problems associated with acquisition of remote sensing products 
3.1.1 As only few Developing Countries possess Aerial Survey Outfits, including specially desig- 
ned Aircraft, an Aerial Photographic Team with Pilot and the requisite Aerial Cameras 
and Processing Facilities, the acquisition of aerial photographs depends on contractual 
arrangements with foreign Establishments. This situation makes the acquisition of aerial 
photographic products only more costly and considerably increases the foreign currency 
components of projects. In addition, the process of effecting contractual arrangements 
has been known to delay the execution of projects and, in particular, to prevent theutili- 
sation of highly limited favourable weather for aerial photography.