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Interpreting Aerial Photographs to Identify Natural Hazards
The most practical and authoritative reference available for any professional or student looking to recognize, analyze, interpret and avoid – or successfully plan for – dangerous contingencies.
Charles E. Glass (Author)
9780124200180
Paperback, published 23 August 2013
184 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 1.3 cm, 0.3 kg
"…the most practical and authoritative reference available for any professional or student looking for a reference on how to recognise, analyse, interpret and avoid – or successfully plan for – dangerous contingencies…Aerial photographs provide one of the most prevalent, inexpensive and under-utilised tools to those with the knowledge and expertise to interpret them." --GeoQ, March 2014 "This guide describes the interpretation of aerial photos to identify natural hazards on the ground. It explains how to use the sun to illuminate targets, read an aerial photo, make accurate measurements on these photos and understand three-dimensional viewing, read textural information like stream patterns and gully analysis, and read color information. It goes on to detail how to recognize dangers from earthquakes and faults, landslides, floods, and ground subsidence;…" --ProtoView.com, February 2014
Approx.174 pages
Part 1. Establishing Baselines – Look for the Butterfly Chapter 1 Getting Started Chapter 2 More About Photographs than You Ever Cared to KnowChapter 3 Textural InformationChapter 4 Color Information Part 2. Recognizing Hazards on the Ground Chapter 5 Dangers from Earthquakes and FaultsChapter 6 Dangers from LandslidesChapter 7 Dangers from FloodsChapter 8 Dangers from Ground Subsidence Part 3 Spectral Ranges Beyond Visible Chapter 9 The Ultraviolet RegionChapter 10 The Near Infrared RegionChapter 11 The Thermal Infrared RegionChapter 12 The MicrowaveChapter 13 Obtaining Aerial Photographs
Subject Areas: Geographical information systems [GIS & remote sensing RGW], Geophysics [PHVG]
