The economic potential of utilizing an ERTS type satellite in the development, updating, and maintenance of a nation-wide land cover information system in the post-1977 time frame was examined. Several alternative acquisition systems were evaluated for land cover data acquisition, processing, and interpretation costs in order to determine, on a total life cycle cost basis, under which conditions of user demand (i.e., area of coverage, frequency of coverage, timeliness of information, and level of information detail) an ERTS type satellite would be cost effective, and what the annual cost savings benefits would be. It was concluded that a three satellite system with high and low altitude aircraft and ground survey team utilizing automatic interpretation and classification techniques is an economically sound proposal. (Author)


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    Title :

    The Role of ERTS in the Establishment and of a Nationwide Land Cover Information System


    Contributors:
    P. Abram (author) / J. Tullos (author)

    Publication date :

    1974


    Size :

    302 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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