1. Introduction
The rapid increase of Egyptian population rate, cause a shortage in the per capita share of natural
resources. Raising land productivity, in addition to desert land reclamation are major aims of sustainable
agriculture development plans. However, realizing these purposes requires availability of accurate
documented data for integrated natural resources. Techniques of remote sensing and Geographical
Information Systems (GIS) provide suitable means for inventory monitoring and documentation of natural
resources, as they are characterized by satisfactory resolution and multi-spectrality. Also, distribution of the
natural resources and detection of their changes are accessible by multi-temporal space data nature. The
current article is derived from the activities of the Project "Preparation of land resources data base for
agricultural usage", which was housed in the National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences
(NARSS) , and was funded by the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT) aimed at
documenting the Egyptian thematic maps. It is the first attempt in Egypt to prepare a digital geographic
information land resources database for the Nile alluvial soils and the desert fringes. The author
acknowledges the support of ASRT and NARSS research staff.