and reports to be used in the field or as presentation
materials.
Summary Statistics Calculation
The system can generate summary statistics which would
help land managers better comprehend the situation of
the Der-Chi area. Better management decisions can thus
be made.
Land Management Functions
Several functions directly related to land management
tasks have been implemented.
For example, by combining land use data and zoning
restriction data, land manager can quickly identify which
parcels do not follow the zoning restrictions. These areas
could then be targeted for law enforcement.
Another example is that land within the reservoir’s
protection zone should be purchased and land managers
must estimate how many funds are required. Overlaying
reservoir protection zone with cadastral data could easily
find out how many private. properties are within the
protection zone and the funds required to purchase they
could be estimated.
Conclusion
This study has shown GIS GPS and Remote Sensing
technologies are power tools in assisting management
Der-Chi watershed. Remote Sensing images can be used
to generate land use data in a cost-effective way. A
procedure for generating land use data from SPOT
images for monitoring land use changes. in Der-Chi
watershed is developed.
The GPS technology can provide accurate location in
field investigations. To know the accurate position of
object is important for integrating spatial data.
Differential GPS is necessary to achieve the accuracy
required by land management tasks.
The GIS technology is used to integrate data from
different agencies into an environmental database. A
decision support system is developed based on the
database.
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