Draft:Project RADAM

Project RADAM (Portuguese: Projeto RADAM), later known as Project RADAMBRASIL, was a program started in the 1970 by the Brazilian government to map the Brazilian Amazon.

Renamed RADAMBRASIL in 1975

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Project RADAM was created in 1970 at the Brazilian Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) to determine natural resources along the Trans-Amazonian Highway which was being built. Initial plans called for a measurement area of 1,500,000 km^2 contained within the Brazilian Amazon.

In 1975, the Brazilian government decided to increase the scope of the program to extend beyond the Amazon and cover more of the national territory upon the conclusion of initial measurements. The program was renamed to Project RADAMBRASL (Projeto RADAMBRASIL) to reflect it's extended scope. For the next 10 years, the program had over 700 professionals including key roles such as geologists, geographers, engineers, and cartographers.

Measurements only began in 1971.

transferred to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in 1985

MIsc notes
The National Integration Plan (PIN)

The Sud Aviation Caravelle aircraft was used for

Technology
The program utilized the Goodyear Electronic Mapping System (GEMS) developed by Goodyear Aerospace to

Side-Looking Airborne Radar (SLAR)

X band

Imaging radar

Publications
Indexed according to the International Map of the World project (look at these links: one and two)

What's contained in these publications more information related to this Not done!