TY - SER AU - Suliman,A.S. TI - Integration of aerial photos and satellite image with GIS for natural resources mapping of Umm El-Rakham Area, Egypt KW - Land use mapping KW - Satellite image maps KW - Geographic information systems KW - Remote sensing KW - Data processing KW - Aerial photography N1 - Includes references N2 - Aerial photograph interpretation and Satellite image processing techniques were used to evaluate the natural resources of the studied area west of Matrouh city. which includes part of Umm El-Rakham and El-Oasr regions. It represents the arid region in the western north coast of Egypt The area is characterized by different geomorophological features and is covered by, twelve out of sixteen exposures on three strips, panchromatic vertical aerial photographs at scal of 1: 25.000 and two satellite images, TM and SPOT acqUired In 1999. The photos Interpretation. image processing, field checks and topographic maps enabled to construct different map types. The digital elevation model shows that elevation ranged between zero and 175 m elevation UR - http://nile.enal.sci.eg/EALE/2003/JAAR/803/4/799.pdf ER -