Abstract
Enabling Capacity Development in Africa
Through Free Access to Earth Observation
Resources
Alex Fortescue
Business Development
Consultant: CSIR Satellite
Applications Centre
This presentation will highlight freely available remotely sensed image data sets for
Africa – where to find them and how to access them. It will include an overview of
the CBERS 2B satellite specification and plans to make satellite imagery from this
satellite free to all users on the African continent by mid 2008.