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Impervious Surfaces
	Environmental Indicators
	What are watersheds?
	What is an Impervious Surface?
	What are the effects?
		Water quantity
		Water quality
		Microclimates
		Habitat degradation and destruction
		Aesthetics
	Use of Data in Land Use Planning
		Natural Resources
			Comprehensive Water Resource Planning
			Site Planning
			Stewardship
			Tools for Natural Resources Planning
		What do you want to know?
			Where are you?
			Role
			How much info. Do you need?
			What decisions do you need to make?
Urban Sprawl
	Forms of Sprawl
	Causes & Effects
	Metrics
Forest Fragmentation
	What is Habitat Fragmentation?
		The Process of Habitat Fragmentation
	Quantifying forest fragmentation with indices
		Description of specific indices
		A simple study from Baltimore County

Landscape Characterization Contact
	Impervious Surfaces
	Urban Sprawl
	Forest Fragmentation
Downloads

	Remote Sensing Tutorial
			Introduction to Remote Sensing
			Remote Sensing Technologies
			Electromagnetic Radiation
			Sensors
			Introduction to Satellites and Orbits
	Landsat Tutorial
			Landsat Program
			Raw Data
	Image Processing Tutorial
			Image Processing
			Three Band Color Composite Imagery
			Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)
			Classification
			Bibliography
	Data Download
			About the Data
			Using the Data
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	Data Support Contact
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