EVALUATION OF REMOTE SENSING CENSUS PROJECT

PROJECT HAD FALSE STARTS IN BRAZIL & ETHIOPIA & A SERIOUS DELAY IN AFGHANISTAN, BUT PROJECT DESIGN REMAINS UNAFFECTED. THE USE OF ERTS IMAGERY IN DEMOGRAPHY APPEARS FEASIBLE AT THIS TIME,BUT ADDITIONAL USES IN THIS PROJECT SUCH AS CROP ESTIMATING,CARTOGRAPHY,GEOLOGY,HYDROLOGY,RANGE MANAGEMENT,FORESTRY,ETC,SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED. BRAZIL DROPPED PROJECT BECAUSE TITLE X FUNDS WERE POLITICALLY UNACCEPTABLE;ETHIOPIA DROPPED PROJ BECAUSE THE IEG WANTED ISRAELI TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE RATHER THAN US. CHANGES IN THE AFGHAN GOVERNMENT RESULTED IN A HOSTILE EVNIRONMENT FOR FOREIGNERS & PROJ DEVELOPMENT. THUS,PARTICIPANT TRAINEES HAD NO JOBS TO RETURN TO IN AFGHANISTAN. ALSO,IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT FUTURE PARTICIPANTS HAVE ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY. QERTS-B LAUNCH NOW SET FOR EARLY 1975; ERTS-1 CAPACITY REDUCED BY PROGRESSIVE TAPE RECORDER FAILURE.