Table 4 Land use and land use change of Chiang Mai during1988 – 2002

LAND USE	Area (sq.km.)		Land use change
	1988	2002	Sq.km.	%
Agriculture	298.3	110.79	-187.51	-62.86
Forest land	13.35	3.11	-10.24	-76.7
Water body	2.49	2.89	0.4	+16.06
Urban& built up land	94.4	162.73	68.33	+72.38
Miscellaneous land	1.52	130.5	128.98	+8485.5

Fig. 6-8. Land use 1988, 2002 and change detection
5. Conclusion
The best identification of urban land use type with pan-sharpened image of IRS Panchromatic and LANDSAT-7+ETM is achieved by visual interpretation using reflectance in term of tone and color, texture, pattern, shape and association. In addition, understandings of local cultural practices, knowledge of topography and ground information are essential to make an accurate urban land use map.

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