The National Centre for Remote Sensing (NCRS) conducts various studies dealing with watershed and forestry management, urban settlements and archaeology, and the soil map of Lebanon. Furthermore, the centre is securing highly needed monitoring data in various sectors and producing various thematic maps, training staff of various public agencies on requirements and applications of remote sensing and Geographic Information Systems (GIS).

The objective of this project is to provide the necessary software and hardware for implementing such a GIS and related database application at the NCRS. The specifications for the needed software and hardware were realized in part from a capacity building study project which was contracted and completed through OMSAR in 2002.