What are the applications of remote sensing in surveying and what are the utility and application of remote sensing and GIS in natural resources management?
Based on my information, remote sensing is widely used in surveying and natural resources management. In surveying, it helps in applications like land use planning, urban development, and environmental monitoring. In natural resources management, remote sensing and GIS (Geographic Information Systems) are essential for tasks like forest monitoring, agriculture management, water resource assessment, and wildlife conservation. They enable data collection, analysis, and visualization for informed decision-making in these fields.
Remote sensing and GIS are widely used in the mapping process and can be used in various types of mapping, including: Vegetation maps land cover maps and soil maps. Remote sensing provides critical data sources for mapping water resources and changes, while GIS provides the best tool for water resource and flood risk management, presentation, visualization and publication education. Some specific uses of remotely sensed images of the Earth include: Large forest fires can be mapped from space, allowing rangers to see a much larger area than from the ground. Tracking clouds to help predict the weather or watching erupting volcanoes, and help watching for dust storms.GIS and remote sensing data can be used to identify areas that are at potential risk to extensive soil erosion, loss of vegetation cover etc. Remote sensing helps in locating potential groundwater reservoirs by mapping subsurface geological structures and identifying areas with high groundwater potential. This valuable information supports sustainable groundwater management and prevents overexploitation of this vital resource.GIS-based water quality monitoring involves the real-time quality monitoring of various water bodies, such as rivers, lakes, reservoirs, etc. It helps in understanding the spatial distribution of water quality parameters, identifying pollution sources, and implementing effective management strategies. Remote sensing can provide valuable information for water resources engineering, such as precipitation, evapotranspiration, soil moisture, surface water, groundwater, and water quality. Remote sensing assists in land cover classification, enabling detailed mapping of land types for various purposes. The classification of land cover is essential for a wide range of applications, including land use planning, agriculture, and environmental monitoring. Remote sensing is a surveying and data collection technique, used to survey and collect data regarding an object while GIS is a computer system that consists of software used to analyze the collected data and hardware that the software would operate in. Topographical maps showing hills, rivers, towns, villages, forests etc. are prepared by surveying. For planning and estimating new engineering projects like water supply and irrigation schemes, mines, railroads, bridges, transmission lines, buildings etc. A Geographic Information System (GIS) is a method of data collection that provides spatial information. Ultimately, GIS connects data to a map to show either location data or descriptive information. These services are often required in the engineering, construction, or infrastructure industries.
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