Main Application Areas Agriculture and Soil Archaeology Business GIS Geology Environment Health Forest Infrastructure Mapping Land Information Defense Application National Resource Management Natural Hazard Management Ocean Applications Urban Planning Utilities—Telecom, Power, Transport, etc Water Resource Applications Some Other Applications Of Satellite Imagery   Utility Application Utility corridor mapping,3D-City models, Infrastructure maps, Site suitability, Rural Urban Infrastructure, telecommunication and utility mapping. Environment Coastal Mapping and bathymetry, Soil contamination maps, Salt affected soils, Queries and waste identification. Agriculture and Soil Applications Crop yield estimates, Precision farming, Damage assessment, Crop canopy water stress, Pest and disease surveillance, Phase level info. of soils. Natural Hazard Management Detecting and monitoring Hazardous chemical spills, Measuring the extent and dissipation of air pollution, Estimating storm water runoff, Flood plain mapping. Forest Forest fire damage assessment, Forest cover type discrimination, Monitoring illegal logging, Inventory for reforestation. Land Information Land Use Planning, Environment Planning, Environment Impact assessment studies. Geology Seismic zone identification, Geological structure mapping, Landslide hazard assessment, Sedimentology mapping, Lineament identification, Surficial bedrock geological mapping, Surficial Material Assessment. Water Resource Application Surface water mapping, watershed management, Lake Eutrophication assessment, water pollution detection, Identification of flood embankment sites, run-off forecasting. Infrastructure mapping Structural and hydrological inventory, Road networking and transportation, Site suitability of hydro-power locations. Ocean Application Coastal zone mapping, Potential fishing zone mapping, coral reef mapping, monitoring of navigational channels. Urban Planning Space use surveys in city centre, Supplementing census surveys, study of urban morphology, Study of transportation system.