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Title
Papers for the international symposium Commission VI
Author
Sitek, Zbigniew

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satellite imagery/. The Centre is both a scientific and service
organization; in the latter capacity it is supplying the users
in the whole country with professional reports and maps elabora
ted with the use of various remote sensing techniques. The Cen
tre has been organized for the purpose of acquisition and pro
cessing of remotely sensed data. The final product of the Centre
is information, which is provided in the form specified by the
user, either for further interpretation or for immediate use.
, The specific tasks of the Polish Remote Sensing Centre at the
initial stage of its activities are as follows:
Recruitment and training of specialists, mastering techniques
and gathering experience in exploitation of imported equipment,
mastering techniques of data precessing and interpretation, in
concordance with a given task and available technology; compi
ling - in close cooperation with users and potential users -
detailed programs of applications of remote sensing in various
spheres of economic and public life; solving scientific pro
blems arising at successive stages of work of the Centre.
Our policy is to base the development of remote sensing in
Poland on the achievements and experiences of the world most
renowned Remote Sensing Centres and on the application of most
modem equipment.
There is, however, a number of research problems that have to
be tackled before or during the work on a practical problem.
These problems are characteristic of Poland and arise from the
specific natural and social conditions prevailing in the coun
try /e.g. land use pattern/.
We are facing many such problems : now, at the time of our all-
-out attempt at broad implementation of remote sensing techni
ques in tackling practical problems. Research on applications
of remote sensing is carried out mainly by the staff of Remote
Sensing Centre of the Institute of Geodesy and Cartography.
Research and application works are financed by the Head Office
of Geodesy and Cartography, Polish Academy of Sciences and ei
ther government institutions and enterprises by means of con
tracts.
The staff of the Centre consists mainly of experienced photo
gramme trists, many of whom specialize in applications of remote
sensing /in agriculture, forestry, water management, regional
planning, etc/« The centre employs also geographers,
cartographers, geodesists, electronic engineers, computer pro
grammers and operators and specialists representing various
fields of applications of remote sensing.
The scientific work of the Centre is carried out in broad coope
ration with other scientific institutions - research institutes
of the Polish Academy of Sciences, research institutes affilia
ted to various branches of Government and research sections of
universities, technical universities and agricultural universi
ties.