Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation
The responsibilities of the CCRS are to provide remotely sensed geographical information to decision makers, related industries and the general public.It is also working closely with other departments for the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure, which helps distribute acquired information.GlobeSAR was a very important Program that propelled Canada and the Canada Centre for Remote Sensing as a key contributor to the international Earth Observation Community, and positioned companies such as Radarsat International Inc (now part of MacDonald Detwiller and Associates) and Intermap (formerly Intera) as key commercial partners in providing data and services based on Synthetic Aperture Radar imagery.The GlobeSAR program included the collection of airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia/Pacific region.A series of training seminars were held over the course of several years, which greatly contributed to improving awareness and also developing applications of Synthetic Aperture Radar imagery.