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Program on stimulating operational private sector use of Earth observation satellite informationIdeas for new businesses specializing in using remote sensing and computerized spatial data systems were developd. Each such business serves as an 'information middleman', buying raw satellite or aircraft imagery, processing these data, combining them in a computer system with customer-specific information, and marketing the resulting information products. Examples of the businesses the project designed are: (1) an agricultural facility site evaluation firm; (2) a mass media grocery price and supply analyst and forecaster; (3) a management service for privately held woodlots; (4) a brokerage for insulation and roofing contractors, based on infrared imagery; (5) an expanded real estate information service. In addition, more than twenty-five other commercially attractive ideas in agribusiness, forestry, mining, real estate, urban planning and redevelopment, and consumer information were created. The commercial feasibility of the five business was assessed. This assessment included market surveys, revenue projections, cost analyses, and profitability studies. The results show that there are large and enthusiastic markets willing to pay for the services these businesses offer, and that the businesses could operate profitably.
Document ID
19820013786
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Contractor Report (CR)
Authors
Eastwood, L. F., Jr.
(Washington Univ. Saint Louis, MO, United States)
Foshage, J.
(Washington Univ. Saint Louis, MO, United States)
Gomez, G.
(Washington Univ. Saint Louis, MO, United States)
Kirkpatrick, B.
(Washington Univ. Saint Louis, MO, United States)
Konig, B.
(Washington Univ. Saint Louis, MO, United States)
Stein, R.
(Washington Univ. Saint Louis, MO, United States)
Date Acquired
September 4, 2013
Publication Date
January 15, 1981
Subject Category
Earth Resources And Remote Sensing
Report/Patent Number
E82-10131
NAS 1.26:168515
NASA-CR-168515
Accession Number
82N21660
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NASW-3331
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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