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Satellite Pour l’Observation de la Terre (SPOT)

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Satellite Pour l'Observation de la Terre (SPOT) - definition(s)

SPOT - [satellite imaging] Acronym for Satellite Pour l'Observation de la Terre. Earth observation satellites developed by Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), the space agency of France. The SPOT satellites gather high-resolution imagery used in natural resource management, climatology, oceanography, environmental monitoring, and the monitoring of human activities.

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Source: esri, 28 August 2012 09:25:52, http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/GISDictionary/term/abbreviation External 


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