Field applications for statistical data and techniques

Remote sensing technologies have tremendous potential for day-to-day field use, but on-the-ground foresters have thus far not been able to embrace the m. One reason is that field foresters require information, not images, and that information must be applicable for small timber sales and management u nits. To make the technology useful, remote sensing specialists need to dev elop "turnkey" programs that ask what results are needed and then access th e necessary images, suggest ground sampling strategies and measurements, ap ply the appropriate algorithms, and report results.