AERIAL ANALYTICAL TRIANGULATION; DEMONSTRATION PROJECT NO. 1

THIS PROJECT DEMONSTRATES THE COST SAVINGS THAT ACCRUE WHEN AERIAL ANALYTICAL TRIANGULATION IS USED, RATHER THAN GROUND SURVEYS ALONE, TO DEVELOP MAPPING CONTROL. AERIAL ANALYTICAL TRIANGULATION UTILIZES A COMPLEX MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS OF PRECISE X-Y COORDINATE MEASUREMENTS OF ARTIFICIAL IMAGES, MARKED IN THE TRIPLE OVERLAP AREA OF A SERIES OF THREE, ADJACENT, OVERLAPPING AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS, COMBINED WITH A LIMITED NETWORK OF GROUND SURVEY DATA TO DEVELOP A COMPLETE NETWORK OF CONTROL POINTS FOR USE IN STEREOSCOPIC MAPPING. RESULTS OF THE PROJECT SHOWED A SAVING OF $550 PER MILE UTILIZING AERIAL ANALYTICAL TRIANGULATION. /DOT/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • RPT NO FHWA-RDDP-1-1
• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Wolf, D
• Publication Date: 1973-12

Media Info

• Pagination: 32 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aerial surveying; Costs; Demonstration projects; Mathematical analysis; Photographs; Triangulation
• Subject Areas: Design; Finance; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00203075
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: May 15 1974 12:00AM