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ŠUMARSKI LIST 6-8/1993 str. 89     <-- 89 -->        PDF

In the article the satellites launched till now for earth exploring, the way of
images obtaining and their transfer to the Earth are described. The emphasis was
given to the satellites of the series LANDSAT (USA) and SPOT (France), whose
imagery was found to be appropriet for vegetation studies, including forestry.


The properties of the satellite images, the way of their processing, use and
incorporation in GIS are elaborated. The present level of the use of satellite imagery
in Croatia is stated and the recomendations for their implementation and
use in Croatian forestry are given.


Key words : Satellite, Satellite imagery, photointerpretation, GIS.