CONCLUSION 
The SPOT Photographs are found more 
reliable for Land Use/Land Cover Mapping 
and could be used effectively for the Land 
Use and Land Cover Classification over the 
LITORAL region. This is possible by visual 
as well as digital analysis at an affordable cost 
using a PC-based Software-ERDAS Ver. 
7.5. The orbital images proved to be an 
extremely useful source of data for the 
purpose of detailed regional/local planning 
process. 
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 
The authors wish to thank the National 
Science Foundation (CNPQ) of Brazil to 
provide the Fellowship; Federal University of 
Paraiba (UFPB) for transportation ; German 
Aerospce Research Establishment (DLR) to 
supply all the SPOT Data and necessary 
material, ^ University of Connecticut 
(UCONN) for their technical support for this 
research. 
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