High Resolution Satellite Data For Land Use Land Cover Mapping

Remote sensing technology has been used actively in getting near real time information on various aspects of agriculture. Presently, there are a variety of satellites in orbit providing a routine and continuous coverage of the globe. The commercial availability of satellite data and active participation of private sector in this field has made application of this high technology for a new generation of agricultural resource management economically feasible. Maharashtra is large and prosperous State with rich natural resources and extensive variability in terrain characteristics and associated eco-system.However, traditional system of crop production forecasting have several problems such as, lack of timely information, variations in statistical figure, lack of availability of data and difficult in storing and retrieval. In other words, a scientific, optimal and reliable approach like Remote Sensing, Geographical Information System (GIS) and Geomatics are extremely needed to make a crop estimates before harvesting and in turn caters the requirements of administrators and planners.