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CAPABILITY OF REMOTE SENSING APPLICATION IN LAND USE,LAND RESOURCES 
WITH USING TM DATA,GIS FACILITIES, IN PART OF IRAN. 
MAJID GHIASSIFAR 
REMOTE SENSING SPECIALIST 
AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS AND INFO. 
DEPT. (ASID) MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE 
TEHRAN - IRAN 
Commission VI, Working Group VI/I 
KEY WORDS : INTERPRETATION, IMAGE ANALYSIS, ENHANCEMENT, GEOMETRIC CORRECTION, 
CLASSIFICATION, MAPPING 
ABSTRACT: 
land information is important to a wide variety of human enterprises such as agriculture, ferestry, water 
resources as well as other type of land resources management. 
Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) data with high resolution, particularly the synoptic detailed view (repeated 
coverage) can be of considerable in the identification and extent of a variety of land use. 
The production of various thematic maps together with an up - to - date base map is an excellent way to 
document land use potential. 
This paper summarizes the results of a land use map, compiled in the department of agricultural statistics and 
information, ministry of agriculture of Iran. The main objective of this study is to investigate unique characteristics 
of land units by using color composite imageries of bands 2,3,4 in different dates as 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993 in 
different seasons by appling crop calender for every crop land, along with collection of ground truth data. 
The study area covers an area around 68450 square km located in northern part of Iran. 
In this study area 9 (nine) quadrant of landsat thematic mapper imageries (as shown in fig.1) were used to 
prepare the base map of the area, to discriminate the total of 7 main classes with detailed sub - classes and to 
provide, agricultural planner, with an evaluation of the agricultural potential of the region. 
In the conjunction of this study also the GIS facilities, were applied ARC/INFO,EASI/PACE, and using 
Twinhead SS10 unix systems, to overlay and Finally total of 11 sheet land use maps with 1:100,000 scale. with the 30° 
by 30’ geographic coordinated. 
  
Location of area in photomap of Iran. 
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