DATA SOURCES FOR LAND USE SURVEY

The article outlines the various ways of conducting land use surveys. A detailed historical account of the development from topographical survey is given and the various stages in the process are outlined and assessed. The three methods currently in use -ground survey, air survey and satellite survey -are carefully analysed. The ways in which recent rapid technological change has already affected the science of land use survey are emphasized, along with the various possibilities currently under investigation; several limitations of the most advanced methods are pointed out, as no single method would appear totally satisfactory in isolation from all other available methods. (Author/TRRL)

• Availability:
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• Corporate Authors:

  Butterworths and Company Publishers, Limited

  Borough Green
  Sevenoaks, Kent TN15 8PH,   England 
• Authors:
  • Balchin, WGV
• Publication Date: 1984-1

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 4-13
• Serial:
  • Land Use Policy
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0264-8377
  • Serial URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/land-use-policy

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aerial photography; Artificial satellites; Data collection; Development; Land use; Methodology; State of the art studies; Surveying; Surveys; Technology; Terrain
• Uncontrolled Terms: Selection; Site investigation
• Old TRIS Terms: Land use surveys
• ITRD Terms: 4006: Aerial photography; 9013: Development; 356: Land use; 9102: Method; 4016: Remote sensing; 9072: Selection; 5722: Site investigation; 4025: Surveying (land); 3855: Technology; 4035: Terrain
• Subject Areas: Design; Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00451326
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 1986 12:00AM