AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION - A NEW METHOD FOR DESIGNING ROADS

GEOBILDTOLKNING-NY METOD FOER VAEGPROJEKTERING

Aerial photographic interpretation in road engineering is used either in the road lay-out planning to give a rough idea of geological and geotechnical conditions for various alternative curvatures or to locate sand and gravel resources suitable to exploit at the construction site. In Sweden the National Road Administration has made tests within this field since the end of the 1960s. Practical applications began in 1974. A working group is now trying to improve the technique. A short description is given of how interpretation is made, supplemented with field data and how presentation to the road planner is made. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Svenska Vagforeningen

  Fridhemsgatan 15
  11240 Stockholm K,   Sweden 
• Authors:
  • Hallert, G
  • Knutz, A
• Publication Date: 1975

Language

• Swedish

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 8-9
• Serial:
  • Svenska Vagforeningens Tidskrift
  • Volume: 63
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: Svenska Vagforeningen

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aerial photography; Construction sites; Evaluation and assessment; Exploration; Geotechnical engineering; Gravel; Highway curves; Highway design; Highway engineering; Layout; Planning; Sand
• Uncontrolled Terms: Site investigation
• Geographic Terms: Sweden
• Old TRIS Terms: Geological explorations
• ITRD Terms: 4006: Aerial photography; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 2855: Highway design; 143: Planning; 5722: Site investigation; 8109: Sweden
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I41: General Soil Surveys;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00133717
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 23 1976 12:00AM