AERIAL PHOTO-INTERPRETATION TECHNIQUES FOR CLASSIFYING URBAN LAND USE

An effort to map the urban land-use of Bikaner City by using aerial photo-interpretation techniques is presented. Although the aerial photographs reveal a large amount of information connected with the land- use, only the important and selected ones have been considered. An attempt is also made toward evolving a suitable land-use classification for an Indian urban situation as well as to test the existing land-use classification scheme designed by various urban geographers in India. The approach is basically functional and tries to show how the physical character of land-use classes can be recognized on aerial photographs for the purpose of land-use mapping. The scope of the classification scheme will, of course, differ from one study to another depending on the scales of photography and the nature of settlement. On small-scale aerial photography urban areas can be placed in broad categories whereas on large- scale photography the areas can be classified into small units.

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• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Photogrammetry

  105 North Virginia Avenue
  Falls Church, VA  United States  22046
• Authors:
  • Gautam, N C
• Publication Date: 1976-6

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 815-822
• Serial:
  • Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing
  • Volume: 42 N
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
  • ISSN: 0099-1112

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aerial photography; Classification; Geography; Land use; Urban areas
• Subject Areas: Design; Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00139679
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 6 1976 12:00AM