Earth-watch issues news on education and training projects
The latest updates from the Centre for Earth Observation's education and training projects are now available. Executive summaries from the following projects can be accessed on the Web at URL: http://www.ceo.org/info.html(opens in new window): - Improved flood management by space techniques; - Radar imagery from space for professional users in Finland (SARFIN); - Education and training to the European press community in the field of earth observation; - Agriculture, crop condition monitoring and yield forecasting; - Education and training activities in support of the diffusion of earth observation in the public sector of GR; - COURSE (Colleagues Using Remote Sensing in Education) integration of selected EO-cases into the teaching of upper secondary geography and environmental science in Denmark; - HAIL - improving the knowledge and skills in using earth observation for hail insurers and re-insurers; - Earth observation technologies: operational tools for local administrations; - Control with remote sensing of area based subsidies in EU: educational package. The Centre for Earth Observation is an EC-funded programme for advancing the use of data mainly collected by satellite and aerial sensors.