AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE UNIFIED INFORMATION SYSTEM
IN COPING WITH PROBLEMS IN HIGHWAY PLANNING, DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE, HIGHWAY ENGINEERS NEED A GREATER CAPABILITY FOR OBTAINING REQUIRED DATA QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY. OBTAINING AND HANDLING EXPANDING VOLUMES OF DATA CAN BE FACILITATED THROUGH THE USE OF A UNIFIED INFORMATION SYSTEM WHICH COLLECTS, STORES, UPDATES, AND RETRIEVES DATA. THE SYSTEM IS ACTUALLY AN INTEGRATED PHOTOGRAMMETRIC DATA BANK WHICH IS BEING DEVELOPED BY USING AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY, SEMIAUTOMATED ANALOG-DIGITAL READOUT EQUIPMENT, AUTOMATIC LINE PLOTTERS AND ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING. THE OBJECT OF THIS DATA BANK IS TO PROVIDE DATA AND INFORMATION TO THE HIGHWAY ENGINEER FOR WORK IN WHICH ROAD AND AREA DETAIL ARE NECESSARY. THE ADVANTAGES ARE SPEED, ACCESSIBILITY, AND FLEXIBILITY.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Paper sponsored by Committee on Photogrammetry and Aerial Surveys and presented at the 45th Annual Meeting. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
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Authors:
- Colner, Bernard J
- Publication Date: 1966
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Figures; References;
- Pagination: pp 16-27
- Monograph Title: Photogrammetry and aerial surveys
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Serial:
- Highway Research Record
- Issue Number: 142
- Publisher: Highway Research Board
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Aerial photography; Data collection; Data plotters; Highway engineering; Information processing; Information retrieval; Information systems
- Uncontrolled Terms: Data
- Subject Areas: Design; Highways;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00202606
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Nov 18 1994 12:00AM