RAPPORT DE SYNTHESE DU GROUPE DE TRAVAIL VII-6 
teristics are W. G. VII-6 Report 
pplications. "SURVEILLANCE DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT (TERRE ET EAU)" 
estigation of | "Environmental monitoring (Land and water)” 
par / by 
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M. JUPPENLATZ 
roleum indus- 
Eight (8) papers were presented during the two sessions : N?2 on Monday, 
13.9.82 and N°18 on Wednesday 15.9. 82. 
Six contributors were not able to present their papers. 
Attendance varied between 40 to 70 persons. 
The papers presented were under the following headings : 
tions? 
to be in a ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING 
a) identifying water quality -(i) using Landsat images (J. VERDIN, USA) 
lution and (ii) thermographic airphotos (S. SOUDOPLATOFF, 
FRANCE) 
b) land -(i) ecological changes caused by new town construction (COLLIER, 
COLLINS, UK.) 
(ii) coastal and environmental changes by tourist settlements 
(GRIFFITH, COLLINS, U.K.) 
     
  
  
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(i) Simulation results of SPOT : 10 m pixel for urban images (S. SOUDOPLATOFF, 
FRANCE) 
(ii) Landuse and Environmental data bank (K. ZIRM, SALZBURG, AUSTRIA) 
(iii) Enhancing Landsat data for urban information (H. SHIMODA, JAPAN) 
(iv) Population density in homogeneous urban areas (V. POLLE, NETHERLANDS ) 
    
   
    
       
    
All the papers presented made a contribution to our present state of the art, 
and, in the case of the first four papers, the methodology can now be applied 
operationally on a wider scale. 
Mr GUAN HUA XU, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Peking, gave an outline on the 
land use monitoring being undertaken in North China, using Landsat images, to 
the W.G. VII-6 committee meeting. 
  
     
  
    
      
  
The Data Bank being established for Salzburg adds to the systems and experience 
of land- and environmental Data Banks, operational in the Scandinavian countries.