GULBARGA: Gulbarga University and Karnataka Remote Sensing Application Centre on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to set up a remote sensing centre on the main campus of the university.

Disclosing this at the valedictory function of a 23-day short-term course in basics of geoinformatics for teachers and lecturers of different colleges, organised by the Environmental Science Department of Gulbarga University, Registrar S. Rajanna said he and H. Honne Gowda, director of the Karnataka Remote Sensing Application Centre, inked the MoU.

The setting up of the remote sensing centre on the main campus of the university will go a long way in helping students to update their knowledge in this emerging technology, he added.

Remote sensing and geoinformatics are crucial for different departments to prepare their plans in advance and implement them in a scientific manner.

Preparing the working plan of the Forest Department, which used to take years, is now completed in a few months with the help of maps provided through remote sensing, he noted.

Delivering the valedictory address, Dr. Honne Gowda said much advance has been made in remote sensing.

Planners should make full use of these advances to deliver services quickly and effectively, he added.

Integrate technologies

Dr. Honne Gowda said the need of the hour is to integrate all technologies available for planning and assessing resources availability. Maps obtained through remote sensing are also useful to identify problems pertaining to the use or overuse of natural resources and to take corrective measures to undo the damage, he added.

He said much progress has been made in the field of remote sensing and geographic information system in the world.

At present, satellites are in a position to take images of objects as big as 61 centimetres from space.

About 21 teachers from different colleges, including engineering colleges in Bangalore, Dharwad, Shimoga, Kolar and Gulbarga, participated in the course sponsored by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

This is the second short-term course being organised by Gulbarga University. Resource persons from ISRO; Regional Remote Sensing Service Centre, Bangalore; National Remote Sensing Agency, Hyderabad; Karnataka State Remote Sensing Applications Centre, Bangalore; and different universities delivered lectures.

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