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Photographic aircraft for the Tunisian Ministry of Defence - Tunisia

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In December 2008, the Office de Topographie et de cartographie (Tunisian Ministry of Defence) issued an international invitation to tender for the aerial photography of its territory using modern systems. The technical solution proposed by IGN France International and Reims Aviation was selected. The aircraft, the 97th F406 manufactured by Reims Aviation (GECI group), was delivered at the beginning of April to the Tunisian Ministry of Defence.

The Reims Aviation F406, a twin-turboprop aircraft, is particularly well-suited to light airborne surveillance missions, with integration of the most recent systems: aerial photography, pollution prevention, surveillance of fishing grounds, borders, passenger and freight transport, etc. The F406 can handle many types of missions and is appreciated by operators and pilots for its robustness, ease of operation and its very competitive operating costs.

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CIPA project: crop inventories, acreage and yield estimates, Nile Valley and Delta, Egypt

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The CIPA project focused on the study and estimation of agricultural acreage and yields of Egyptian agriculture over the Nile Valley and Delta, using a statistical approach. The goal of the project was to provide reliable information to the Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture that would be helpful for the management of the agricultural policy and give a better understanding of the Egyptian agricultural production potential.

This project, covering the entire Nile Valley and Delta, included a crop inventory, acreage estimation, yield evaluation (wheat and cotton), inventories of the different types of irrigation and the monitoring of the infestation of drainage and irrigation canals by water hyacinths.

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Elaboration of a new land information system - Tunisia

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This project was developed in order to meet the needs of Tunisia who wished to modernise its knowledge, management and value of its land heritage.
In close collaboration with the DGFiP, IGN France International developed a LIS (Land Information System) that includes a management tool for land titles, and also integrates a geographic component, a digital cadastral reference between the land information and an open architecture for dfferent organisations that manage the territory's data.

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Arable land monitoring and assessment project, Egypt

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The ALMA project focused on assessing the gains and losses of arable land in the Nile valley and delta and aimed to compare the quantities of arable land in Egypt during two periods, over the entire country terre.  In order to respect time constraints, a statistical approach was chosen that was based on a sampling method, which allowed to save valuable time.

• Acquisition then processing of images • Theoretical and practical training in France • Definition of a methodology and a classification scale for different type of land occupation • Definition of the sampling using a grid • Acquisition and georeferencing of maps • Interpretation of images and their comparison with maps from 1985 • Consolidation of numbers and delivery of results

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