Rangeland Assessment

Rangeland areas are an iconic piece of the American landscape. While they are most often used for raising livestock, these areas are home to a diverse array of species and are a setting for recreation and mining. Understanding the health of rangelands is important, because many people, together with an array of plant and animal species, rely on rangeland areas for survival.

By integrating remote sensing data from multiple satellite sensors, Applied Geosolutions and our partners have made it possible to assess and monitor the green and senescent fractional cover of rangelands across the globe's rangelands at near-real-time. By providing this vegetation cover information with related data on soil conditions, precipitation patterns, and topography, ranchers and rangeland managers can make informed and timely decisions. The decision making is facilitated by our web-based systems for dynamic data visualization, data delivery, and reporting.