Guidance on Using Remote Sensing Applications for Environmental Analysis in Transportation Planning
This report is a "guidebook" on how to use remote sensing applications to support environmental assessment in transportation planning. The methods use Landsat 7 imagery and commercially available remote-sensing software to produce maps and related information suitable for a programmatic environmental impact statement. The report covers the following major topics: (1) Background on environmental analysis in transportation planning, and the value and limitations of remotely sensed data; (2) Staff, hardware, software, and data requirements; (3) Software application for land use - land cover classification; (4) Fieldwork for land use - land cover classification training and verification; (5) Use and integration of other geographic information and imagery files; and (6) Production of remote sensing - geographic information system maps and other information. The methods are illustrated through applications to the I-405 corridor in the State of Washington.
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Supplemental Notes:
- This research project was part of the National Consortia on Remote Sensing in Transportation (NCRST) program, a collaborative effort between the US Department of Transportation and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to foster the development of remote sensing applications in transportation.
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Corporate Authors:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
P. O. Box 2008
Oak Ridge, TN United States 37831Washington State Department of Transportation
Environmental Office
P. O. Box 47331
Olympia, WA United States 98504-7331Research and Special Programs Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Authors:
- Xiong, Demin
- Lee, Russell
- Saulsbury, J Bo
- Lanzer, Elizabeth L
- Perez, Albert
- Publication Date: 2004-8-30
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Features: Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 53p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Environmental impact analysis; Geographic information systems; Handbooks; Imagery; Land use; Landsat satellites; Maps; Remote sensing; Software; Transportation planning
- Uncontrolled Terms: Hardware; Land cover
- Geographic Terms: Washington (State)
- Subject Areas: Design; Energy; Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I15: Environment; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01034009
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: WA-RD 593-2
- Contract Numbers: USDOT DTRS56-01-T-0005
- Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Oct 6 2006 11:26AM