TERRAIN CHARACTERISTICS EVALUATION USING GEO SPATIAL TECHNOLOGY: A MODEL STUDY FROM TELANGANA STATE, INDIA

Physical characteristics such as Base map, Drainage, watershed, Ground water, Physiography, Geomorphology, slope etc; for a study area are Required for many development activities for Human needs, Creation of these Physical characteristics information system with the help of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System (GIS) Could be helpful in getting the precise and valuable spatial information in understanding the present Scenario contemplating with the past data and predicting the future trends. The main objective of this study is to evaluate and map the Physical characteristics of Kothagudem , Khammam Dist; area using Remote sensing and Geographic Information System(GIS). The thematic layers are derived from Survey of india(SOI) topomaps using visual interpretation technique. These maps are converted to digital format and further integrated in ARCGIS software for the generation of final outputs.