Programming A Task Oriented Application Of Spatial Information Systems Toolbox (TO- ASIST) - An Example For The Automated Extraction Of Land Cover And Land Use Data From Satellite Imagery

Spatial information technology has emerged as a major growth industry over the last 5 to 10 years. It is proffered that spatial information technology has much to offer the resource management community but is not widely utilised. It is suggested that current software is confusing to the lay-user, presenting a barrier to its operational use. Such persons invariably turn to system administrators who soon become swamped with data requests. The development of a Task Orientated - Application of Spatial Information Systems Toolbox (TO-ASIST) is offered as a possible solution to this problem. A TO-ASIST is an in-house developed piece of software dedicated to performing one task. Such systems may be developed using