French National Parks experience concerning natural environment mapping
) croisement de couches thématiques pour un niveau de perception privilégié, 2) partition hiérarchisée du territoire, 3) découpage basique privilégié.#First the authors draw up the statement of the French National Parks works in matter of natural environment
Technique des Espaces Naturels (French Ministry of Environment), as national co-ordinator for GIS application and natural environment mapping in protected areas. Those actions are based on the following points: 1) ' project 'concept, 2) planing method
Inventory and mapping high-altitude environment using remote sensing : methodology and application in the Parc National des Ecrins (French Alps)
) particularly to manage mountain pastures. The paper presents a methodology for mapping above timberline mountain vegetation (> 1800 m in French Alps)), using remoted sensing data (SPOT and LANDSAT TM). The application is carried on the Parc National des
? '. One finds there developed the place of the GIS in a broader dimension of space management and a panorama on the use of the GIS in the field of environment and landscape, issued from French and foreign experiments. Lastly, a specific bibliography, based