| SERVICES Mapping Remote
Sensing GIS GEOBOOK® |
Land
management and land planning requires a knowledge of the current state of the
landscape. Understanding current land cover and how it is being used along with
an accurate means of monitoring change over time is vital to any person responsible
for land management. Measuring current conditions and how they are changing can
be easily achieved through land cover mapping, a process that quantifies current
land resources into a series of thematic categories, such as forest, water and
paved surfaces. Who benefits from Land Cover Mapping?
Organizations
that will benefit from the information derived from land cover solutions are: - Federal
agencies (USGS, NOAA, EPA)
- State, city, county government agencies
- Environment
and research organizations
- Water districts
- Engineering firms
- Private
forestry organization
>Case
study exampleLand Cover Mapping Applications
Sanborn's land cover
products and solutions are used for planning land use and deriving additional
thematic layers to support land management applications, such as: - Impervious
quantifications for storm water runoff prediction and drainage requirements
-
Tree canopy calculations for storm water runoff and pollution impact studies
- Irrigated,
non-irrigated water use calculation for water use in arid areas
- Environmental
assessment of undeveloped and vacant land identification
- Planning
green space and trails for recreational purposes and other urban planning applications
- Ecosystem
or forest species and community maps
- Fire hazard maps that relate
to fuel availability for wild land fires
- Urban planning assessment
>Learn
more | LAND COVER MAPPING Land
Cover Mapping Fuels Mapping Forest
Type Mapping Pervious Impervious Surface 
Land Cover Mapping
Land Use Mapping
MAPPING
SERVICES Ground based Laser Mapping Photogrammetric
Mapping Utilities Mapping Land
Cover Mapping |
