Case Study: Madhya Pradesh Forestry Department monitors forest cover changes with Hexagon geospatial solutions

Madhya Pradesh Forestry Department - Customer Case Study

The Madhya Pradesh Forestry Department, responsible for managing vast and ecologically vital forestlands, faced the challenge of monitoring changes in forest cover and illegal activities like mining across a massive geographic area. They needed a robust system to manage a large repository of geospatial data, automate its cataloging, and make it instantly available to decision-makers. To address this, they chose the ERDAS IMAGINE Professional and ERDAS APOLLO solutions from Hexagon.

Hexagon’s solution provided a centralized platform for automatically cataloging satellite imagery and serving it as web services. Using ERDAS IMAGINE for processing and analysis, the department could perform critical tasks like change-detection and vegetation analysis, which were then published as web processing services via ERDAS APOLLO. This enabled officials to conduct time series analysis, identify illegal encroachments, and generate clear reports, leading to optimized efforts in controlling deforestation and illegal activities.

Madhya Pradesh Forestry Department