SPOT imagery and GIS in support of military land management

Abstract

Abstract Due to the nature and intensity of the activities occurring on many military training areas, management of those lands can be a complex problem. The US Army has adopted a standardized land condition and trend analysis approach to land management that incorporates the use of a geographic information system and satellite imagery. These tools are valuable for objective selection of field data collection sites, landcover classification, soil erosion prediction and estimation of military carrying capacity.