The studies of preparing appropriate data models, collecting, analyzing, visualizing, and sharing of the geographic data needed for the institute's multi-disciplinary projects are conducted by the Remote Sensing and GIS Laboratory. These studies are carried out under 2 main categories; Building the GIS Infrastructure needed for the monitoring of environmental change and GIS - based decision support applications for environmental management. GIS - based data produced for the projects since the year 2006, support decision-makers complex analyses and help determine the possible needs for institute projects. Remote Sensing and GIS is used as an effective decision support tool for especially the projects intended for the solution of environmental problems and planning activities.
