1. INPE - National Institute for Space Research OBT - Earth Observation Coordination São José dos Campos - SP - Brazil

2. 2 INPE - Brief Description National Institute For Space Research Main civilian organization for space activities in Brazil Staff of 1,500 ( 500 Ms.C. and Ph.D.) Areas: Space Science, Earth Observation, Meteorology and Space Engineering

3. 3 Environmental activities at INPE Numerical Weather Prediction Centre medium-range forecast and climate studies LANDSAT/SPOT/RADARSAT Receiving and Processing Station China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite (CBERS) Research Activities in Remote Sensing

4. 4 Earth Observation at INPE: Mission Specification, evaluation and use of remote sensing imagery Research and development in Image Processing and Geographical Information Systems Research and development in Environmental Modeling Reception and Production of CBERS, LANDSAT and RADARSAT images Support Brazil in understanding its territory, using space technology

5. 5 Education Post-graduate courses in Remote Sensing Post-graduate courses in Computer Science (Geoprocessing) Short-term courses in Advanced Geotechnologies (SPRING) International Course in SR and GIS

6. 6 OBT – Ongoing Projects SPRING TerraLib GEOMA Territorial Studies of Social Inequalities SAUDAVEL: Epidemiologic Surveillance Support System SAUDAVEL: Epidemiologic Surveillance Support System Semantics of Space and Spatial Data (cooperative research proposal) Semantics of Space and Spatial Data (cooperative research proposal)

7. 7 OBT – Concluded Projects GEOTEC – GEOprocessing Tools and TEChniques TerraLib GEOTEC – GEOprocessing Tools and TEChniques TerraLib Computational Issues in Interoperability in GIS Territorial Studies of Social Inequalities Computational Issues in Interoperability in GIS Territorial Studies of Social Inequalities

8. 8 SPRING – Image processing and GIS software Multi-platform (Windows, Linux, Solaris) Web: http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring (30.000 downloads)http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring