Defence Terrain Research Laboratory - Charter of Duties

Charter of Duties

  • To develop a reliable system for prediction of terrain characteristics and derivation of military potential of various types of terrains based on modern techniques of terrain evaluation.
  • To develop infrastructure, competence and instrumentation in the latest techniques related to terrain research.
  • To evolve terrain data storage and retrieval system for use by Defence Services.
  • To interact with the Services & other agencies including Universities for basic and applied aspects of terrain research.
  • To develop methods for automatic feature extraction from remotely sensed data.
  • To propagate the techniques of terrain evaluation in Defence Services and conduct training in this field.

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