... imagery and GIS as a land inventory toolallowed SANDAG to see the region in a new way and permitted rapid change detec-tion. The GIS- based LULC-mapping approach provided SANDAG with current and verified ... numerous applications in the water industry. Space-based satellite imagery in GIS- ready format can beused as cost-effective base maps for mapping water industry systems. It can beused for land-use ... 1999.Popular satellite-based sensors and platforms include Landsat MSS and TM,AVHRR, AVIRIS, SPOT XS, GOES, SEASAT, SIR, RADARSAT, SRTM, TOPSAT,ERS-1 and 2, and JERS-1 (Luce, 2001; Lunetta and Elvidge,...