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Toulouse, France, September 11 |
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Spot Image and ASERCA (Apoyos y Servicios a la Comercializacion Agropecuaria) have signed an agreement providing for direct reception of SPOT data in Mexico. ASERCA is a decentralized agency of the Mexican federal government痴 Ministry of agriculture, livestock farming, rural development, food and fisheries (SAGARPA).
The agreement encompasses acquisition of an Easy Link to Spot receiving station (ELS), comprising a dish antenna and SPOT 5 Terminal, which will automate all operations from data reception to production. The SPOT 5 Terminal will enable the station to use the same resources, formats and operating procedures as Spot Image, thus facilitating communications with the company痴 headquarters in Toulouse, France. The agreement also covers reception of data from the SPOT 2, SPOT 4 and SPOT 5 satellites.
Alongside the main data reception agreement, other agreements are envisaged to supply SPOT data to federal ministries and their agencies, and for the transfer of image processing technology for agricultural applications.
典his decision from the federal government through its ministry and ASERCA is a major step toward aiding Mexico痴 development that will help to improve the population痴 well-being. The ELS station will give the country the high-tech resources required to support, plan, check and develop a broad range of applications, especially for agriculture and rural development. And, the multi-user licence granted under the agreement means that national security, defence, natural hazard mitigation, topographic and thematic mapping, environmental monitoring and natural resource management, and land planning and management will also benefit from these new technologies. All these applications are of crucial importance for a nation as large and diverse as Mexico, said Spot Image痴 Chairman and CEO Jean-Marc Nasr.
Spot Image offers a range of tailored solutions to meet customers needs, from turnkey packages comprising complete receiving stations to the supply of image telemetry from one or more of its satellites. The company works closely with all its receiving station partners to support their business development.
Through its headquarters in France, five subsidiaries in Australia, China, Japan, Singapore and the United States, two offices in Germany and the United Arab Emirates, and a global network of receiving stations and distributors, the Spot Image group brings a high-class service to customers all over the world.
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