GEOLOGY AND FORESTRY CLASSIFICATION FROM ERTS-1 DIGITAL DATA

Computer classifications into seven and ten classes of two areas in central Oregon of interest to geology and forestry demonstrate the extraction of information from ERTS-1 data. The area around Newberry Caldera was classified into basalt, rhyolite obsidian, pumice flats, Newberry pumice, ponderosa pine, lodgepole pine and water classes. The area around Mt. Washington was classified into two basalts, three forest, two clearcut, burn, snow, and water classes. Both also include an unclassified category. Significant details that cannot be extracted from photographic reconstitutions of the data emerge from these classifications, such as moraine locations and paleo-wind directions. Spectral signatures for the various rocks are comparable to those published elsewhere.

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• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Photogrammetry

  105 North Virginia Avenue
  Falls Church, VA  United States  22046
• Authors:
  • Lawrence, R D
  • Herzog, J H
• Publication Date: 1975-10

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 1241-51
• Serial:
  • Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing
  • Volume: 41
  • Issue Number: 10
  • Publisher: American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
  • ISSN: 0099-1112

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Basalt; Classification; Digital computers; Forestry; Geology; Moraines; Pumice
• Identifier Terms: Earth Resources Technology Satellite
• Old TRIS Terms: Geological classification systems; Rhyolite; Spectral lines
• Subject Areas: Design; Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00128483
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 14 1976 12:00AM