================================================================= I am posting this for someone else.  Please respond to the  address listed below.  Please also excuse the duplication as this  message has been crossposted.  Thanks! =================================================================           REQUEST FOR IDEAS FOR APPLICATIONS OF REMOTE SENSING DATABASES                               VIA THE INTERNET   NASA is planning to expand the domain of users of its Earth and space science data.  This effort will:     o   Use the evolving infrastructure of the U.S. Global Change Research        Program including the Mission To Planet Earth (MTPE) and the Earth        Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Programs.     o   Use the Internet, particularly the High Performance Computing and        Communications Program's NREN (National Research and Education        Network), as a means of providing access to and distribution of        science data and images and value added products.     o   Provide broad access to and utilization of remotely sensed images in        cooperation with other agencies (especially NOAA, EPA, DOE, DEd,        DOI/USGS, and USDA).      o   Support remote sensing image and data users and development        communities.    The user and development communities to be included (but not limited to) as part of this effort are educators, commercial application developers (e.g.,  television weather forecasters), librarians, publishers, agriculture  specialists, transportation, forestry, state and local government planners, and aqua business.   This program will be initiated in 1994.  Your assistance is requested to  identify potential applications of remote sensing images and data.  We would  like your ideas for potential application areas to assist with development of the Implementation Plan.   PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS.     We are seeking your ideas in these areas:      (1)  Potential commercial use of remote sensing data and images;      (2)  Potential noncommercial use of remote sensing data and images in         education (especially levels K-12) and other noncommercial areas;     (3)  Types of on-line capabilities and protocols to make the data more         accessible;     (4)  Additional points of contacts for ideas; and      (5)  Addresses and names  from whom to request proposals.    For your convenience, a standard format for responses is included below.  Feel free to amend it as necessary.  Either e-mail or fax your responses to us by May 5, 1993.   E-MAIL:   On Internet "rsdwg@orion.ossa.hq.nasa.gov"  ASCII  - No binary  attachments please   FAX:   Ernie Lucier, c/o RSDWG, NASA HQ, FAX 202-358-3098   Survey responses in the following formats may also be placed in the FTP  directory ~ftp/pub/RSDWG on orion.nasa.gov.  Please indicate the format.  Acceptable formats are: Word for Windows 2.X, Macintosh Word 4.X and 5.X, and  RTF.         ----------------------------RESPONSE FORMAT--------------------------   REQUEST FOR IDEAS FOR APPLICATIONS OF REMOTE SENSING DATABASES VIA THE INTERNET   (1)  Potential commercial use of remote sensing data and images  (if possible, identify the relevant types of data or science products, user tools, and standards).               (2)  Uses of remote sensing data and images in education (especially levels K-12) and other noncommercial areas (if possible, identify the relevant types of data or science products, user tools, and standards).                (3)  Types of on-line capabilities and protocols to make the data and images more accessible (if possible, identify relevant types of formats, standards, and user tools)               (4)  Additional suggested persons or organizations that may be resources for  further ideas on applications areas.  Please include: Name, Organization,  Address and Telephone Number.               (5)  Organizations, mailing lists (electronic and paper), periodicals, etc. to whom a solicitation for proposals should be sent when developed.  Please  include: Name, Organization, Address and Telephone Number.       (6)  We would benefit from knowing why users that know about NASA remote  sensing data do not use the data.  Is it because they do not have ties to NASA investigators, or high cost, lack of accessibility, incompatible data formats, poor area of interest coverage, inadequate spatial or spectral resolution, ...?