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.

• Record URL:
  http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/research/reports/fullreports/593.2.pdf
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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.
• Corporate Authors:

  Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  P. O. Box 2008
  Oak Ridge, TN  United States  37831

  Washington State Department of Transportation

  Environmental Office
  P. O. Box 47331
  Olympia, WA  United States  98504-7331

  Research 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