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Commercial. Pertaining to organizations or activities associated with buying and selling products and services.
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Commercial remote sensing is remote sensing that produces information intended for sale on open commercial markets. It is generally performed by companies or through public-private partnerships rather than by governments. The commercial market includes remote sensing performed primarily from aerial and spaceborne platforms. Due to the strategic nature of remote sensing, commercial interests are nearly always intertwined with national interests, at least for spaceborne systems. Governmental policies authorizing and regulating commercial remote sensing generally reflect objectives for national security, technology development, international relations, and economic positioning. The history of the industry, and its current configuration, reflect this tension between economic and national interests. Demand for commercial remotely sensed data has increased...
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Gail, W. (2014). Commercial Remote Sensing. In: Njoku, E.G. (eds) Encyclopedia of Remote Sensing. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-36699-9_21
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