Application of Remote Sensing in Civil Engineering

Application of Remote Sensing


 

 There are various applications of remote sensing which may be grouped into the following:

Resource Exploration

Environmental Study

Land use

Site Investigation

Archaeological Investigation

Natural Hazards Study


Resource Exploration: Geologists use remote sensing to study the formation of sedimentary rocks and identify deposits of various minerals, detect oil fields and identify underground storage of water.

Remote sensing is used for identifying potential fishing zone, coral reef mapping and to find other wealth from ocean.


Environmental Study: Remote sensing is used to study cloud motion and predict rains.

With satellite data it is possible to study water discharge from various industries to find out dispersion and harmful effects, if any, on living animals.

Oil spillage and oil slicks can be studied using remote sensing.

 Land Use: By remote sensing, mapping of larger areas is possible in short time. Forest area, agricultural area, residential and industrial area can be measured regularly and monitored.

It is possible to find out areas of different crops.

Site Investigation: Remote sensing is used extensively in site investigations for dams, bridges, pipelines.

 It can be used to locate construction materials like sand and gravel for the new projects.

Archaeological Investigation: Many structures of old era are now buried under the ground and are not known.

But by studying changes in moisture content and other characteristics of the buried objects remote sensors are able to recognize the buried structures of archaeological importance.


Natural Hazard Study: Using remote sensing the following natural hazards can be predicted to some extent and hazards minimized:


Earthquake
Volcanoes
Landslides
Floods and

Hurricane and Cyclones 

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