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Terrestrial Section - Facilities Available

The terrestrial section is equipped with different survey instruments like dumpy level, tripod and Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System (RS-GIS). Software like Arc GIS is extensively used for habitat mapping and change detection. The habitat mapping done for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and change detection made in the coastal area are shown below.

Dumpy level survey
Collection of soil sample
Compliance onshore Monitoring (EIA Project)
IR Camera Trap
Desktop study with Arc GIS environment
Prepretation of map
The SRTM-DEM of Saudi Arabia
Use of Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System for spatio-temporal change in the coastal area