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)
The Role of ERTS in the Establishment and of a Nationwide Land Cover Information System
1974
302 pages
Report
No indication
English
Natural Resource Surveys , Information Systems , Earth resources technology satellites , Information systems , Land management , Satellite observation , Cost analysis , Cost effectiveness , Data acquisition , Data processing , Economic factors , Environmental monitoring , Photointerpretation , Remote sensors
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