Authors : JYOTI RAMTEKE, SUNIL RAMTEKE
Page Nos : 38-49
Description :
Remote sensing provides timely, synoptic and repetitive coverage over large
areas across various spatial scale, have made it a very powerful tool for monitoring natural
resources, like forest, agriculture, irrigation, environmental resources. Remote sensing and
GIS, as well as the related technology of digital image processing, global positioning system are
used to help, manage and protect the natural resources. Satellite remote sensing has
demonstrated its utility in mapping and monitoring of vegetation-cover and changes, analyzing
natural resources disturbances apart from other micro-level applications like spatial mapping,
its estimation, socioeconomic status, habitat analysis, drinking water, irrigation, agriculture,
waste management, drainage pattern, road and railway network, facility and utility
management, mapping of geology and mineral reserves with impact on environment. The multisensor
approach has proved its capability to identify the source of pollution, accurately
determine the location extent and type. GIS is a powerful tool for effective and efficient storage
and manipulation of remotely sensed data and other spatial data and non-spatial data for
scientific and commercial management and policy-oriented purposes. The present paper shows
the capability of mapping of mineral reserves and geology using Satellite Remote-Sensing data,
monitoring impact of mining activities on the surrounding environment of Ramtek Tahsil.
