[Freegis-list] Free CBERS Imagery

[Gilberto Camara]

Dear FreeGIS:

Concerning the email message about free CBERS-2 imagery,
the status is as follows:

(a) CBERS-2 is a remote sensing satellite jointly developed
by China and Brazil, with theee multispectral sensors,
at resolutions of 20m, 80m and 260m.

(b) INPE is the Brazilian organization responsible for
building the satellite and distributing CBERS imagery.

(c) INPE has adopted a data and software policy that
prescribes that, whenever possible, data and software
should be distributed using a free policy. That
policy is already adopted with regards to our GIS
software (TerraLib/TerraView), and the GIS data on
Amazon deforestation (see www.obt.inpe.br/prodes).

(d) Based on this policy, CBERS-2 imagery is being
made available for free, without any restrictions,
to Brazilian users since 20 April 2004.

(e) Since CBERS-2 is a joint chinese-brazilian
development, the data policy for international users
has to be agreed by both parties. The joint negotiations
on international data policy for CBERS-2 are still under
way. Before a joint policy is agreed, INPE cannot distribute
CBERS-2 data outside Brazil.

Best regards
Gilberto
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>Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 11:06:13 +0200
>From: Silke Reimer <Silke.Reimer at intevation.de>
>Subject: Re: [Freegis-list] [Announce] www.navsys.org
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>Hi Amaury,
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>On Wed, May 12, 2004 at 11:45:21AM +0200, Amaury Jacquot wrote:
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>>Hi,
>>My GPS related projects NavSys and MapEditor have moved to their 
>>permanent independant part of the web, at http://www.navsys.org
>>    
>>
>
>Thanks for the hint. I changed the information for NavSys and
>MapEditor appropriatly.
>
>BTW: We have set up a issue tracker [1] where such requests can be
>posted. This helps us to maintain all requests with regard to
>freegis.org.
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>Greetings,
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>	Silke
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>[1] http://freegis.org/bugtracker.en.html
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Dr.Gilberto Camara
Director for Earth Observation
National Institute for Space Research (INPE)
Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil

voice: +55-12-3945-6499
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