Assessment of geospatial technologies for natural resource management in Florida

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 242-249

  Selvarajan, Sowmya ^a   Mohamed, Ahmed ^a   White, Timothy ^a   Boodram, Natalie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Florida; General; Geospatial; Natural resource

Indexed keywords

AERIAL IMAGERY; DATA COLLECTION; EARTH'S RESOURCES; EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS; FIELD SURVEYS; FLORIDA; GENERAL; GEOSPATIAL; GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGY; GLOBAL POSITIONING; NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE MANAGERS;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MANAGERS; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SURVEYS;

TECHNOLOGY;

AERIAL SURVEY; GIS; GPS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MAPPING METHOD; NATURAL RESOURCE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69949099125     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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