Remote Sensing and GIS

  Fig. Forest deforestation in Assam, captured by satellite images World Environment Day, 5th of June is celebrated everywhere to bring environmental issues to light to spread awareness about conserving natural resources and their elements. According to the natural tendency of humans, they believe, what they see. To make people aware of the deteriorating condition of  the Earth, satellite images have proved to change people’s perception of their surroundings. Over the years, geospatial and remote sensing technology has helped in environment protection, by providing continuous data to monitor and preserve the vulnerable elements. GIS helped to interpret the data and made it feasible for the users to access it online.  Since the 1960’s continuous launch of land surface monitoring and weather satellites gave enough visual evidence about the dynamic environmental processes globally. Better spatial and temporal resolution is now sufficient to know the changes on the Earth du...