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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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