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- More Information: "http://www.gov.mb.ca/natres/lid/remote_sensing/"
Description:
The Manitoba Remote Sensing Centre (MRSC) was established in 1973. It
is a section of the Land Information Centre, Department of Natural
Resources, Manitoba, Canada. The MRSC mission is to provide insight,
evaluation, and assessment of the state of the natural and physical
resources of Manitoba through operational services which include the
coordination, monitoring, and application of remote sensing
technology. The centre conducts digital image processing of satellite
data for resource studies, inventorying, and environmental monitoring.
The centre is also responsible for the operation of the Canadian World
Crop Monitoring Program and conducts all the NOAA satellite data image
processing for the Canadian Global Change Program.
The MRSC provides consulting, education, technology transfer, custom
image analysis services, research and development, conducts project
work in remote sensing and coordinates activities between federal and
provincial governments. Facilities, equipment, brokerage services and
joint venture opportunities to agencies and companies working in the
remote sensing field are also offered. MRSC owns and/or operates a
large quantity of image interpretation equipment and systems for the
processing of satellite imagery. In 1993 the centre began processing
GeoComp products. GeoComp is a highly automated system capable of
generating precision geocoded scenes of AVHRR data and generating
composites of such scenes over a multi-day period. GeoComp products
are listed in the Image Inventory option on GCNet at Canada Centre for
Remote Sensing (CCRS).
Other products developed at the centre include detailed land use/land
cover maps for Manitoba, land cover maps for all of Canada,
Canada-wide NOAA daily satellite imagery dating back since 1987, and a
wide assortment of other thematic maps, inventories and collections of
satellite imagery from LANDSAT, SPOT, and others. Currently, the MRSC
is working in the field of radar data development for purposes of
assessing land use and resource inventories and to provide the
necessary expertise in preparation for the launch of the Canadian
RADARSAT satellite.
For further information, please contact:
Hartley I. Pokrant, Chief
Manitoba Remote Sensing Centre, 1007
Century Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3H 0W4.
Telephone: (204) 945-6595,
FAX: (204) 945-1365
Email: erickson@ccrs.emr.ca
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