In this article the authors introduce to the legal profession a new but increasingly prominent source of environmental information: remote sensing technology. The first section of the Article provides a preliminary description of this technology and discusses the social and economic factors that underlie its predicted utility for environmental law. The Article then identifies a range of current and projected legal applications of remote sensing. Included in this section is a discussion of cases and administrative hearings which have already * This Article is based on research supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Contract No. NCA 2-OR050-502, and by the Earl Warren Legal Institute of the University of California at Berkeley. The public may freely use or copy the contents of this Article in any manner. The scientists, attorneys, and government officials who provided relevant information are too numerous to credit individually, but their cooperation was essential and is greatly appreciated. The correspondence quoted in the footnotes is retained in the files of the senior author, who also participated in the cited conversations except where otherwise noted. Special thanks are owed to
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