Patent ID: 7831440

Claim:
A computer implemented apparatus for monitoring use of land, comprising: a database comprising site description data of a site identified to be monitored in connection with one or more zones comprising any of a property management zone, an intrusion protection zone, and a resource zone, wherein said site comprises a specific geographic area, and wherein boundaries of said site do not necessarily align with boundaries of a legal description of a property; wherein said data further comprise data which vary between different geographic locations within said site, and said at least one land use restriction; said database further comprising alert criteria which specify when an alert should be generated based upon detection of land use violation; a computer executable logic module configured for regularly monitoring on going land use activities in connection with said site in view of at least one land use restriction which limits how said site can be used, and for maintaining data said database that are generated as a result of said monitoring by said logic module, wherein said data related to land use activities in conjunction with a particular geographic location of said site are any of automatically generated and provided by third parties; said logic module further configured for monitoring land use activities at said different locations within said site and configured for detecting at least one specific land use activity that violates said at least one land use restriction within said one or more zones; said logic module further configured for detecting violation of said at least one of said land use restrictions within said one or more zones by matching said alert criteria to said data resulting from said monitoring of one of said different geographic locations within said site; and said logic module further configured for generating and providing an alert if a land use violation is detected at-least one of said different geographic locations within said site within a zone associated with said site that matches said alert criteria.