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mation regarding natural resources, and for monitoring 
the success and progress of developmental activities. 
GIS provides an ideal environment for integration of 
information on natural resources and ancillary 
information and generation of action plan taking into 
account social, cultural and economic needs of the 
people. Implementation of such action plan could be 
achieved through Participatory Rural Appraisal 
programme. 
High spatial resolution (< 2 m), data satellite data 
from Quick Bird, Eye glass and IKONOS-1&2, and 
from future generation of 1RS series of satellites, namely 
IRS-P5 and IRS-P6 may help generating large scale 
thematic maps on natural resources and would enable 
objective monitoring of the developments resulting from 
implementation of the action plan. 
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