Land capability classification for agriculture: GIS and remote sensing approach—a survey

Abstract

Land capability classification for agriculture assesses the land based on various land capability factors and variables to produce thematic land capability mapping for economical and sustainable agriculture. The main objective of this paper is to survey the important available GIS and remote sensing-based methods proposed for land capability classification. The influence of different capability factors and their sources is also discussed. Furthermore, the scopes of present-day GIS and remote sensing technology for land characterization with important terminologies used are also reviewed.