Applications of Remote Sensing

Forestry & Ecosystem

• Forest cover & density mapping
• Deforestation mapping
• Forest fire mapping
• Wetland mapping and monitoring
• Biomass estimation
• Species inventory

Agriculture

• Crop type classification
• Crop condition assessment
• Crop yield estimation
• Mapping of soil characteristic
• Soil moisture estimation

Geology

• Lithological mapping
• Mineral exploration
• Environmental geology
• Sedimentation mapping and monitoring
• Geo-hazard mapping
• Glacier mapping

Hydrology

• Watershed mapping & management
• Flood delineation and mapping
• Ground water targeting

Land Use/Land Cover mapping

• Natural resource management
• Wildlife protection
• Encroachment

Urban Planning

• Land parcel mapping
• Infrastructure mapping
• Land use change detection
• Future urban expansion planning

Ocean applications

• Storm forecasting
• Water quality monitoring
• Aquaculture inventory and monitoring
• Navigation routing
• Coastal vegetation mapping
• Oil spill