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Integrated Remote Sensing and GIS for Natural Resources Management
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The design of integrated Remote Sensing and geographic information system for natural resources management
NIR Nasruddin Mahmood
director Malaysian center for Remote Sensing
Abstract
Agriculture and natural resources based industries is the mainstay of Malaysian economy. National remote sensing programme is formulated with the objective of providing effective management tool for sustained production of these resources and safeguarding is the Malaysian Centre for Remote Sensing (MCRS), which provides coordination for activities related to remote sensing.
Facilities provided by MCRS include raster based image processing system (IPS) capable of ingesting satellite and airborne data from different sources including Landsat, SPOT, MOS, SAR and AP; vector-based image graphic station (LGS) for analysis of spatially referenced data derived from digitized maps; PC-based systems to be used mainly for training in both image processing and spatial data analysis, and photographic laboratory for high resolution hard copy outputs. IPS, IGS and PC-based systems are link via network, allowing movement of data from one system to another and their conversion from vector to raster and vice versa for processing and integration. The capability to integrate remote sensing and spatially referenced data based from different sources into geographic information system environment is the unique future of the facilities provided and MCRS.
National Remote Sensing Programme
Agriculture and natural resource based industries are the mainstay of Malaysian economy. National Remote Sensing Programme is formulated with the objective of providing effective management tool for sustained production of these resources and safeguarding the environment. Related to this general objective, two specific objectives of programme are, firstly, to increase local expertise and skill, to acquire necessary equipments and facilities and to purchase and acquire relevant remote sensing data; and secondly, to develop appropriate procedures which could expedite the acquisition of resources information necessary for implementing the Natural Resources Evaluation Programme (NREP) in the country.
The National Remote Sensing Programme is divided into eight major components. They are: (1) establishment of Malaysian Centre for Remote Sensing (MCRS), (2) development of trained personnel, (3) acquisition of equipment and facilities, (4) acquisition of appropriate remotely sensed data, (5) identification of research development to support operational use of technology, (6) participation in international programme, (7) undertake activities to promote greater understanding and appreciation of the ethnology in the country, and (8) support wider participation of private sector. Multi sectorial inputs are essential in order to achieve the objectives of NRSP. Great emphasis is therefore given to components of the programme. The relationship between use agencies in the country and the eight components of NRSP is given in fig. 1
Figure 1: Components of National Remote Sensing Programme
The National Remote Sensing Committee of Malaysia is responsible for formulating policies on remote sensing in the country. The committee which is under the chairmanship of the Secretary General of the Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment is comprised of agencies which are involved in collecting and using natural resources data of the country; with the Malaysian Centre for Remote Sensing (MCRS) acting as its permanent secretariat. The relationship between the Natural Resources Evaluation Programme (which is identified as one of the two immediate objectives of NRSP), the National Remote Sensing Committee, the User Agencies, and the Malaysian Centre for Remote Sensing is given in Fig.2 Specific working groups under the coordination of MCRS and comprised of experts in relevant fields from user agencies fields from user agencies area formed to undertake specific tasks towards fulfilling the objective of the NREP.
Figure 2: Remote Sensing and natural Resources Evalution programme in Malaysia
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