SOIL IDENTIFICATION BY REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES IN KANSAS, PART 1
THE PURPOSE OF THIS PAPER IS TO DESCRIBE THE REMOTE SENSING PROGRAM AND TO PRESENT RESULTS OF VISUAL INTERPRETATION. METHODS OF COLLECTION AND TYPES OF DATA ARE DESCRIBED INCLUDING FREQUENCY AND TYPE OF GROUND OBSERVATION DATA. DATA COLLECTED ON MAGNETIC TAPE TO BE REDUCED AND ANALYZED BY COMPUTER ARE DESCRIBED. ENGINEERING SOIL MAPS COMPILED BY VISUAL INTERPRETATION TECHNIQUES WERE EVALUATED BY USE OF SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE DATA AND AN EXTENSIVE FIELD SAMPLING AND TESTING PROGRAM. MAJOR ENGINEERING SOIL GROUPS CAN BE MAPPED BY USING COMBINATIONS OF AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY AND REMOTE SENSING DATA FOR USE IN LOCATION STUDIES AND PRELIMINARY SOIL INVESTIGATIONS. AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY IS THE MAIN SOURCE OF INFORMATION; HOWEVER, INFRARED IMAGERY (8- TO 14-MICROMETER RANGE) PROVIDED UNIQUE INFORMATION CONCERNING DEPTH TO BEDROCK AND GROUND-WATER, BUT MORE WORK HAS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED TO DETERMINE THE "REPEATABILITY" OF THE DATA. /FHWA/
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Corporate Authors:
Kansas State Highway Commission
State Office Building
Topeka, KS United States 66612Federal Highway Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Authors:
- Stallard, A H
- Myers, L D
- Publication Date: 1972-7
Media Info
- Pagination: 107 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Aerial photography; Infrared imagery; Remote sensing; Soil mapping; Soil types
- Uncontrolled Terms: Soil classification
- Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00228690
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
- Files: TRIS, USDOT
- Created Date: Jul 17 1973 12:00AM