Geometric fidelity of new digitially processed Landsat images
Alden P. Colvocoresses
1979, Open-File Report 79-1057
No abstract available. ...
Map showing interpretation of Landsat imagery of the Big Delta quadrangle, Alaska
Nairn Albert, William Clinton Steele
1979, Open-File Report 78-529-C
The Alaskan Mineral Resource Assessment Program: Background information to accompany folio of geologic and mineral resource maps of the Big Delta quadrangle, Alaska
Helen Laura Foster, N. R. D. Albert, Andrew Griscom, T. D. Hessin, W. D. Menzie, D. L. Turner, Frederic H. Wilson
1979, Circular 783
The geology, geochemistry, geophysics, and Landsat imagery of the Big Delta quadrangle, 16,335 km 2 in the Yukon-Tanana Upland of east-central Alaska, were investigated, and maps and reports were prepared by an interdisciplinary research team for the purpose of assessing the mineral potential. The quadrangle is dominantly a complex terrane...
Georgia from space; an explanation of the NASA Landsat 1 satellite image color mosaic of the State of Georgia
Sam M. Pickering, Michael W. Higgins
1979, Circular 787
Surveying Antarctica: from dogsled to satellite
Richard S. Williams Jr.
1979, Air and Space (3) 3-4
Base maps of Antarctica are needed at scales of 1:250,000 to plot scientific data, yet after 20 years of a major mapping effort, only about 20 percent of the continent has been accurately mapped using aerial photographs and ground surveys. Encompassing nearly 14.3 million square kilometers (5.5 million square miles),...
Satellite-aided evaluation of population exposure to air pollution
William J. Todd, Anthony J. George Jr., Nevin A. Bryant
1979, Environmental Science & Technology (13) 970-974
The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977 set schedules for states to implement regional, spatial assessments of air quality impacts. Accordingly, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently published guidelines for quantifying population exposure to adverse air quality impact by using air quality and population data by census tracts. Our research...
Satellites monitor Atlanta regional development
William J. Todd, C.C. Blackmon, R.G. Rudasill Jr.
1979, Practicing Planner (9) 6-10
Since the adoption of a Regional Development Plan in 1975, the Atlanta Regional Commission has investigated methods for monitoring regional development patterns in a periodic, efficient manner. A promising approach appears to be the use of Landsat satellite data. In cooperation with the Earth Resources Observation Systems (EROS) Data Center,...
Inventory and mapping of flood inundation using interactive digital image analysis techniques
Wayne G. Rohde, Charles A. Nelson, J. V. Taranik
1979, Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing (5) 43-52
LANDSAT digital data and color infra-red photographs were used in a multiphase sampling scheme to estimate the area of agricultural land affected by a flood. The LANDSAT data were classified with a maximum likelihood algorithm. Stratification of the LANDSAT data, prior to classification, greatly reduced misclassification errors. The classification results...
What is a picture worth? A history of remote sensing
Gerald K. Moore
1979, Hydrological Sciences Bulletin (24) 477-485
Remote sensing is the use of electromagnetic energy to measure the physical properties of distant objects. It includes photography and geophysical surveying as well as newer techniques that use other parts of the electromagnetic spectrum. The history of remote sensing begins with photography. The origin of other types of remote...
Availability of communication links for transfer of Landsat Data
1979, Report
This document outlines the availability of civil satellite and ground communication links existent within the international community and the USA which have direct applicability in the operational transfer of Landsat data between nations....
Remote sensing applications for monitoring strip mines
David M. Carneggie
1979, Conference Paper, Proceedings of Landsat workshop
No abstract available....
Forest stand classification in western Washington using Landsat and computer-based resource data
G. R. Johnson, E. W. Barthmaier, T. W. D. Gregg, R. E. Aulds
1979, Conference Paper, Proceedings of the 13th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment
No abstract available....
Digital image processing system For Landsat 3
George Harris Jr.
1979, Conference Paper, Proceedings volume 0183, Space Optics II
The Department of Interior (DOI) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have entered into a joint program to provide a digital image processing system in support of the Landsat 3 mission. NASA will provide the data reception and pre-processing facilities, while the DOI provides the production image processing...
National Cartographic Information Center Newsletter No. 8
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1978, Newsletter 8
In this issue we cover several interesting topics, including a report on the NCIC/Special Libraries Association meeting in Denver, the launching of a third Landsat satellite with a new thermal band, and the formation of a new California map society....
Inventory of land use and land cover of the Puget Sound region using Landsat digital data
Leonard Gaydos, Willard L. Newland
1978, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (6) 807-814
Landsat multispectral scanner digital data from four bands were analyzed using computers to produce land use and land cover information of the Puget Sound region, Wash., for use by agencies in that area. The data were first geographically registered to map coordinates. This registration enabled samples of known land cover...
Arctic continental shelf morphology related to sea-ice zonation, Beaufort Sea, Alaska
E. Reimnitz, L. Toimil, P. Barnes
1978, Marine Geology (28) 179-210
Landsat-1 and NOAA satellite imagery for the winter 1972–1973, and a variety of ice and sea-floor data were used to study sea-ice zonation and dynamics and their relation to bottom morphology and geology on the Beaufort Sea continental shelf of arctic Alaska.In early winter the location of the boundary between...
Low-cost computer classification of land cover in the Portland area, Oregon, by signature extension techniques
Leonard Gaydos
1978, Open-File Report 78-186
Computer-aided techniques for interpreting multispectral data acquired by Landsat offer economies in the mapping of land cover. Even so, the actual establishment of the statistical classes, or "signatures," is one of the relatively more costly operations involved. Analysts have therefore been seeking cost-saving signature extension techniques that would accept training...
Land cover map from Landsat, 1973, with place names, Washington urban area, D.C., MD, and VA
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1978, IMAP 858-E
No abstract available....
Land cover map from Landsat, 1973, with census tracts, Washington urban area, D.C., MD, and VA
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1978, IMAP 858-F
No abstract available....
Interpretation of Landsat imagery of the Talkeetna Quadrangle, Alaska
W. C. Steele, N. R. D. Albert
1978, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 870-C
Map showing interpretation of Landsat imagery of the Chandalar Quadrangle, Alaska
N. R. D. Albert, J. R. Le Compte, W. C. Steele
1978, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 878-J
Landsat mosaics of Eastern North Slope petroleum province, Alaska with preliminary interpretation of observed features
N. R. D. Albert
1978, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 928-V
Map showing Landsat imagery alignments in Fairfax County, Virginia
Toru Iwahashi, T.L. Heironimus
1978, Open-File Report 78-525
Map showing interpretation of Landsat imagery of the Talkeetna Mountains quadrangle, Alaska
William Clinton Steele, James R. Le Compte
1978, Open-File Report 78-558-D
Map showing interpretation of landsat imagery of the Seward and Blying Sound quadrangles, Alaska
James R. LeCompte
1978, Open-File Report 78-737
No abstract available....