CHIPS, a software system for satellite image processing and has been developed at The Institute of Geography, University of Copenhagen. The background, philosophy and objectives of development effort will be briefly presented. In recent years has been put on the development of methodologies remote sensing of environment and agriculture in Third countries. This includes both land cover/use mapping using resolution satellite images and applications of/ow resolution satellite data. This paper will give examples of research of CHIPS within different fields, and illustrate how the defined by this research, influence its contents and The presented examples include the use of SPOT, Landsat and ERS-1 SAR data for land cover mapping in Denmark Third World countries, and monitoring of agroclimatic vegetation, crops and bush fires based on NOAA AVHRR data. Finally, the current plans for the development of CHIPS will be presented.