Remote sensing and geographic information systems: their use in Mongolia.

The Center for QeoInformatics and Remote Sensing is providing Mongolia with information essential to good planning. Dr. Ganzorig and his students combine field studies with satellite data, for ecological insight about the country's most remote and most urbanized locations.

As a cradle of ancient nomadic tribes in the heart of Asia, the Republic of Mongolia contains countless historic relics. Yet despite its long history of human activity, Mongolia is a pristine natural landscape with unique plants and animals. Modern Mongolia is surrounded by the Altai Mountains in the