Introduction
The National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) is the focal point for distribution of remote sensing satellite data products in India and its neighboring countries. NRSC has an earth station at Shadnagar, about 55Km from Hyderabad, to receive data from almost all contemporary remote sensing satellites such as IRS-P5, IRS-P6, IRS-P4, IRS-1D, IRS-1C, IRS-P3, ERS-1/2, NOAA series, AQUA and TERRA satellites.
The data are recorded at Shadnagar / Balanagar on Digital Linear Tapes (DLTs) or CD-ROMs, DVDs depending on the mission, and archived for providing data products to users as and when orders are received.
NDC is a one-stop-shop for a range of data products with a wide choice of resolutions, processing levels, product media, output scales, area coverage, revisit, season and spectral bands. Data products can be supplied on a wide variety of media and formats
The classification of products is generally based on the following:
*Level of processing
*Output media/scale
*Area of coverage
