Nowadays, environmental protection and farming depend on up to date and precise information:
 
- Studies of environmental friendliness
 - Mapping of biotope types
 - Surveys of residual pollution
 - Precision farming (Optimisation by linking crop maps and aerial image data)
 - Applications for acreage contributions and their control
 - Geographically precise border and acreage determination
 - Design of continuous information systems from farms to the federal administration with unified acreage reference