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President of the 
Ladies and Gen; 
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to have this yt 
Holland. 
1986 is a very 
country occupii 
Consequently wt 
symposium. 
The point is tJ 
government, we 
for further de\ 
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of what happent 
Remote sensing 
It started somt 
then initiated 
remote sensing 
During the 7 yt 
built up a ceri 
relations betwt 
sensed data. 
The research at 
operational mei 
in coastal zone 
works and envii 
At the end of ! 
decided to com 
operational use 
interests. 
In addition the 
financed some s 
The operations 
Remote Sensing 
Highlights of t 
airborne sensoi 
and the estabh 
infrastructure. 
The choosen moc 
bottle-necks. 
Firstly the l.ij> 
a year), then t 
the absence of 
scarce relatioi. 
In order to fir. 
a consequence c 
decided to exec 
Programme. This 
guilders, spree 
1986. 
The main object 
- transfer fron 
commercializa 
- stimulation c 
use; 
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