TERRAIN EVALUATION AND REMOTE SENSING FOR HIGHWAY ENGINEERING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. PROCEEDINGS OF A SYMPOSIUM HELD AT OECD, PARIS, 12-14 SEPTEMBER, 1979

The proceedings contain the following papers: Strategies for the Use of Aerial Photography in Road Studies (Camus, J-P); An Example of the Use of Aerial Photography for the Investigation of 847 km of Road in North Yemen (Bagarre, E); The Contribution of Aerial Photography at the Level of the Feasibility Study for Alignments in Semi-Desert Areas (Doridot, M); The Application of Photo-Interpretation Techniques to Road Projects (Almayrac, P); Land Classification for the Highway Engineer (Lawrance, CJ); The Application of Terrain Evaluation to the Location of Construction Materials for Highways in Queensland, Australia (Davies, AL and Eades, GW); Geological Mapping Under Forest Cover, and the Hydrogeology of the Basement (Scanvic, J-Y); Development and Road Infrastructure in Mountain Areas--Rio Santa Valley, Peru (Richard, R); Land Capability Studies From Landsat Satellite Data for Rural Road Planning in North East Somalia (Beaumont, TE); Remote Sensing for Transport Planning and Highway Engineering. Pilot Project in North Kenya and South Sudan (Dick, OB); The Use of Landsat Imagery as a Basis for Materials Inventories and Terrain Maps (Lawrance, CJ); Recommendtions for Remote Sensing in a New Country (Cazabat, C); Different Methods of Image Processing for Assistance in Interpretation (Denegre, J); Small Format Aerial Photography as an Aid to Highway Engineering Site Investigations (Heath, W); Examples of Terrestrial Photogrammetry Used in Highway Engineering in Developing Countries (Heath, W); The GDTA: Removing Sensing in the Service of the User (Geupet, G); The Use of the IDP 3000 Image Data Processor in Interpreting Ground Conditions in Nepal (Lawrance, CJ). For abstracts of papers by Lawrance, CJ and papers by Heath, W see TRIS nos. 368676-368680. (TRRL)

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• Authors:
  • Camus, J-P
  • Bagarre, E
  • Doridot, M
  • Almayrac, P
  • LAWRANCE, C J
  • Davies, A L
  • Eades, G W
  • Scanvic, J-Y
  • Richard, R
  • Beaumont, T E
  • Dick, O B
  • Malacamp, J
  • Cazabat, C
  • Denegre, J
  • HEATH, W
  • Guepet, G
  • Rond, B
• Publication Date: 1982

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 172 p.
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Transport and Road Research Laboratory
  • Publisher: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
  • ISSN: 0266-7045

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aerial photography; Building materials; Classification; Computers; Conferences; Developing countries; Feasibility analysis; Forests; Frames; Geology; Highway design; Highway engineering; Mapping; Maps; Photogrammetry; Planning; Remote sensing; Surveying; Terrain; Terrain evaluation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Site investigation
• ITRD Terms: 4006: Aerial photography; 8513: Classification; 8525: Conference; 150: Developing countries; 8673: Digital computer; 3322: Frame; 4053: Geology; 2855: Highway design; 4074: Map; 4004: Photogrammetry; 143: Planning; 4016: Remote sensing; 5722: Site investigation; 4025: Surveying (land); 4035: Terrain
• Subject Areas: Design; Geotechnology; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I41: General Soil Surveys;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00368675
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Report/Paper Numbers: SR 690 Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 31 1983 12:00AM