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TABLE - I 
Level I classification results for Indore 
District, State 
of Madhya 
Pradesh (India). 
Indore District 
Hectares 
Percentage 
1 • 
Habitation - 
Commercial - 
Industrial 
80,039 
20.84 
2. 
Agriculture 
2, 13,896 
55.7O 
3. 
Forest 
88,000 
22*92 
4. 
Water Body 
2,075 
00*54 
3,84,000 
100.00 
The 
tabular results 
give the number of hectares and 
percentage of each level-I land use categories for the 
Indore District* 
CONCLUSIONS 
Vhen preparing a land use inventory from satellite data, 
the details of the inventory is limited by the resolu 
tion of the scanner* In the case of landsat resolution 
is approximately 0*6 hectares* This case study pro 
jects the utility of MSS data for producing large area 
land use inventory suitable for meeting specific infor 
mation needs* at the least possible expenses and within 
stated time* However* the aerial platform data can be 
further used to prepare the level II classification* 
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 
We wish to thank Space Application Centre* Ahmedabad and 
the Director* Shrl• G*S* Institute of Technology & 
Science* Indore* (India) for providing facilities for 
this work* 
REFERENCES 
0) Manual of remote sensing Vol. I & II, American 
Society of Photogrammetry Falls Church, VIRGINIA, 
1975. 
(2) Land use classification with simulated satellite 
photography, Bulletin No. 352, U.S. Department 
of Agriculture Economics Research Service, April* 
1971. 
(3) Anderson, J *R •* F.E. Hardy, and J *T. Roacht A 
land use classification system for use with