REVIEW OF THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM

Increased use of remote sensing techniques has been promoted for 30 years. Early emphasis was on photointerpretation for engineering soils mapping and construction materials exploration. For the past 10 years, however, investigations of engineering applications of a wide range of sensing techniques have been undertaken as a cooperative State/Federal/Contract effort. This approach to operational engineering applications has been formalized into the current Federally Coordinated Program of Research and Development. The flexibility of cooperative efforts and continued interest in remote sensing developments will allow the Federal Highway Administration to provide practicing transportation engineers with more effective approaches to many current and anticipated problem areas.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the 10th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environ, October 6-70, 1975.
• Corporate Authors:

  Environmental Research Institute of Michigan

  Center for Remote Sensing Information and Analysis
  Ann Arbor, MI  United States  48107
• Authors:
  • Perchalski, F R
• Conference:
  • Presented at the 10th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environ, October 6-70, 1975.
• Publication Date: 1975

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 47-52
• Serial:
  • Volume: 1

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Applications; Building materials; Contractors; Development; Engineering; Federal assistance programs; Federal government; Highway engineering; Photogrammetry; Remote sensing; Research; Soil mapping; State government
• Uncontrolled Terms: Federal programs; Research and development
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Design; Geotechnology; Highways; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00159677
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 12 1978 12:00AM