Land monitoring
Contact: Mr Tim Brewer
Themes:
- Land cover and land use mapping
- Monitoring the Built Environment
- Vegetation inventory, monitoring and forecasting
Land monitoring involves both mapping and inventory of earth resources. It provides an increasingly important method of quantifying the resource base of any geographical region at a range of scales. When repeated through time, a capability to monitor changes in specific resources becomes feasible. It utilises remote sensing, which is a field of activity that combines new sensor technology on aerial and space platforms with advanced digital methods for information extraction that together are revolutionising modern approaches to mapping and monitoring. One significant advantage is that remote sensing can be deployed across the full range of mapping scales.
A wide range of skills are needed to make full use of any investments in remote sensing technology and our experience in this field encompasses a wide range of environments and the full range of mapping scales. Whether providing spatially detailed assessments at the level of a conservation area, developing regional assessments of the changes in our national parks or undertaking national assessments of the impacts of drought on vegetation in semi-arid climates, innovative use of remote sensing remains a key theme in both our research and consultancy work.
Our work integrates across a wide base of interdisciplinary research and enables us to provide support to a range of Government Departments, Agencies, NGOs and commercial organisations.
People:
- Mr Tim Brewer
- Professor John Taylor
- Dr Toby Waine
- Mr Daniel Simms
- Dr Humberto Perotto-Baldivieso
- Dr Simon Trigg
