The use of historical imagery in the remediation of an urban hazardous waste site
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Abstract
The information derived from the interpretation of historical aerial photographs is perhaps the most basic multitemporal application of remote-sensing data. Aerial photographs dating back to the early 20th century can be extremely valuable sources of historical landscape activity. In this application, imagery from 1918 to 1927 provided a wealth of information about chemical weapons testing, storage, handling, and disposal of these hazardous materials. When analyzed by a trained photo-analyst, the 1918 aerial photographs resulted in 42 features of potential interest. When compared with current remedial activities and known areas of contamination, 33 of 42 or 78.5% of the features were spatially correlated with areas of known contamination or other remedial hazardous waste cleanup activity.
| Publication type | Conference Paper |
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| Publication Subtype | Conference Paper |
| Title | The use of historical imagery in the remediation of an urban hazardous waste site |
| DOI | 10.1109/JSTARS.2010.2049254 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Year Published | 2011 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
| Larger Work Title | IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing |
| First page | 281 |
| Last page | 291 |
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