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FSI is monitoring forest fires of the country since 2004 using
remote sensing based system developed by the University of Maryland
(USA) and NASA viz MODIS Rapid Response System. The detection of
forest fires is made on the daily basis through the website http://maps.geog.umd.edu.
After collecting coordinates of the fire spots, FSI maps the forest
fires through GIS analysis. The coordinates of all the forest fire
spots are then sent to the respective State Forest Departments
through fax and email for control during fire season. From the
feedback received from SFDs, it has been observed that the detected
forest fires are correct on more than 95% points. |
