ERTS COLOR IMAGE MAPS

The U.S. Geological Survey has prepared several experimental color-image maps from Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS-1) images. Examples are the gridded image of Upper Cheseapeake Bay and the mosaic of New Jersey. Both were printed at a scale of 1:500,000 with a full UTM grid and placed on public sale in February 1974. A color mosaic of Florida is being prepared from 16 separate scenes. It also will be printed at 1:500,000 scale. The publication of maps from satellite images has required the development of innovative procedures combining computational photogrammetry, image geometric control, photomechanical mosaicking, and color lithography. These color-image maps are the first to meet cartographic standards and to be lithographed for public sale at a nominal charge. The detailed procedures and equipment are described, along with some of the results. /Author/

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• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Photogrammetry

  105 North Virginia Avenue
  Falls Church, VA  United States  22046
• Authors:
  • McEwen, R B
  • Schoonmaker Jr, J W
• Publication Date: 1975-4

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References;
• Pagination: p. 479-489
• Serial:
  • Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing
  • Volume: 41
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
  • ISSN: 0099-1112

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Calculation; Cartographic grids; Color; Geological surveying; Imagery; Mapping; Maps; Photogrammetry; Ratios
• Identifier Terms: Earth Resources Technology Satellite
• Uncontrolled Terms: Computation
• Old TRIS Terms: Geologic mapping; Lithography; Scale (Ratio)
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00095973
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 2 1975 12:00AM