Who should use this toolkit?

This guide should be used by anyone contemplating either, how to use remote sensing for a coastal science or management question, or to understand a map of coastal ecosystem property derived from remote sensing.

The toolkit first explains how remote sensing works and what its limitations are in coastal environments, leading to a detailed assessment of which indicators of coastal ecosystem health can be mapped and monitored from commercially available remotely sensed data.

The toolkit then provides a selection of worked examples and industry contacts for the procedures necessary to map coastal ecosystem health indicators from remote sensing.The following listing presents examples of typical users and their queries:

The on-line version provide links to additional/relevant support at each level

• Natural resource managers/policy makers – Can I use remotely sensed data (or a product derived from this) to map and monitor a coastal ecosystem health indicator in the range of environmental conditions experienced in the coastal environment I am responsible for?
  
  
• Natural resource scientists/technicians – Which indicators of coastal ecosystem health can I accurately map and monitor in my coastal environment using commercially available remote sensing data and what are the basic resources, personnel and time required to do this?
  
  
• Spatial information professionals – How can I use remote sensing to accurately map and monitor in my coastal environment using commercially available remote sensing data and what are the basic resources, personnel and time required to do this?
  
  
• Students – How can remotely sensed data be used to map and monitor coastal ecosystem health indicator(s) in the range of environmental conditions typically experienced in the Australian coastal environment.
  
  
• General public – What type of information can be accurately mapped and monitored from remotely sensed data of the coastal zone