Using drone mapping to analyze risky areas and predict LULC at Sichang Island, Chonburi province, Thailand

Abstract

Thailand is a country located in Southeast Asia, the Thai government wants to become the economic leader of ASEAN, so there is an economic development plan named EEC (Eastern Economic Corridor), a megaproject with a huge investment but the Thai government is focusing only on the mainland. The researchers determined that there is still an area that is more outstanding than other islands (Gulf of Thailand), Sichang Island, located in Chonburi Province, has sufficient potential for development. This research study the knowledge of Geoinformatics, remote sensing, and aerial imagery from the drone are used to conduct research, to determine the potential of the development of the Sichang Island area. These include finding risky areas on the island and predicting future LULC in the next 10 years by using aerial imagery from drones as a base. The results were obtained, there is a village in the community in highly risky area (flood and land-slides combined) 2.865 % of Sichang area, and the prediction of the future LULC is the continuous expansion of urban-build up area 9.348%.