There is currently no effective tool available to quickly and economically measure a change in landmass in the setting of biomedical professionals and environmental specialists. The purpose of this study is to structure and demonstrate a statistical change-detection method using remotely sensed data that can detect the presence of an infectious land borne disease. Data sources included the Texas Department of Health database, which provided the types of infectious land borne diseases and indicated the geographical area to study. Methods of data collection included the gathering of images produced by digital orthophoto quadrangle and aerial videography and Landsat. Also, a method was developed to identify statistically the severity of changes of the landmass over a three-year period. Data analysis included using a unique statistical detection procedure to measure the severity of change in landmass when a disease was not present and when the disease was present. The statistical detection method was applied to two different remotely sensed platform types and again to two like remotely sensed platform types. The results indicated that when the statistical change detection method was used for two different types of remote sensing mediums (i.e.-digital orthophoto quadrangle and aerial videography), the results were negative due to skewed and unreliable data. However, when two like remote sensing mediums were used (i.e.- videography to videography and Landsat to Landsat) the results were positive and the data were reliable.

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The final master‘s work analyzes problems which occur or may occur due to taking the land for public needs when implementing the program of asphalt works on gravel roads in the area of activity of state enterprise „Telšių regiono keliai“. A research of sections of gravel roads intended for reconstruction and included into the program of maintenance and expansion of public highways for 2002–2015 was carried out, in the course of which a road plan was projected following norms of road engineering and the extent of taking the land for public needs was evaluated. Recommendations regarding the expedience of taking the land for road lane when implementing the program of asphalt works on gravel roads in the area of activity of state enterprise „Telšių regiono keliai“ were rendered.