.
Discrimination of
vegetative types:
Classification of land
uses/cover
Identification of rock
types
Determination of water
boundaries and surface water area and volume
Determination of turbidity
patterns and circulation
Monitoring surface mining
and reclamation
Crop types
Mapping and map
updating
Mapping of major geologic
units
Mapping of floods and flood
plains
Mapping shoreline
changes
Mapping and monitoring of
water pollution
Timber types
Categorization of land
capability
Revising geologic
maps
Determination of areal
extent of snow and snow boundaries
Mapping of shoals and
shallow areas
Determination of effects of
natural disasters
Range vegetation
Separation of urban and
rural categories
Delineation of
uncon-solidated rock and soils
Measurement of glacial
features
Mapping of ice for
shipping
Monitoring environmental
effects of man's activities (lake eutrophication,
defoliation, etc.)
Measurement of crop acreage
by species
Preparation of regional
plans
Mapping igneous
intrusions
Measurement of sediment and
turbidity patterns
Study of eddies and
waves
.
Measurement of timber
acreage and volume by species
Mapping of transportation
networks
Mapping recent volcanic
surface deposits
Determination of water
depth
.
Determination of range
readiness and biomass
Mapping of land- water
boundaries
Mapping landforms
Delineation of irrigated
fields
Determination of vegetation
stress
Mapping of wetlands
Search for surface guides
to mineralization
Inventory of lakes and
water impoundments
Determination of soil
associations
.
Determination of regional
structures
.
Assessment of grass and
forest fire damage
Mapping lineaments
(fractures)
.
Source: Off. of Space and Terrestrial Applications, NASA, "The Landsat Story,"Jan. 1980., p. 14.