USE OF REMOTE SENSORS IN HIGHWAY ENGINEERING IN KANSAS

MANY PAPERS HAVE BEEN WRITTEN CONCERNING THE DOMESTIC USE OF VARIOUS TYPES OF REMOTE SENSORS; HOWEVER, FEW DESCRIBE SPECIFIC APPLICATIONS OF REMOTE SENSORS TO HIGHWAY ENGINEERING PROBLEMS. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PAPER IS TO DESCRIBE THE REMOTE-SENSING PROGRAM CONDUCTED BY THE STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION OF KANSAS IN COOPERATION WITH THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION AND TO PRESENT THE RESULTS OF VISUAL INTERPRETATION OF THE DATA COLLECTED. DESCRIPTIONS ARE GIVEN OF METHODS OF COLLECTION AND TYPES OF DATA, INCLUDING FREQUENCY AND TYPE OF GROUND OBSERVATION DATA. DATA COLLECTED ON MAGNETIC TAPE, TO BE REDUCED AND ANALYZED BY COMPUTER, ARE DESCRIBED; HOWEVER, NO FINDINGS ARE PRESENTED. RESULTS OF VISUAL INTERPRETATION OF DATA INDICATE THAT THE COMBINED USE OF COLOR AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY AND INFRARED IMAGERY (8- TO 14-MU-M, NIGHTTIME, HIGH-ALTITUDE) RENDERS THE MOST DISTINCTIVE EVIDENCE FOR DETECTION, EVALUATION, AND MAPPING OF ENGINEERING SOIL GROUPS.

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• Authors:
  • Stallard, Alvis H
• Conference:
  • 51st Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
  • Date: 1972-1-17 to 1972-1-21
• Publication Date: 1972

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 50-57
• Monograph Title: Remote sensing for highway engineering
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 421
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aerial photography; Color photography; Highway engineering; Infrared imagery; Infrared photography; Remote sensing; Soil mapping
• Geographic Terms: Kansas
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00203767
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 030902093X
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: May 15 1973 12:00AM