SURVEYS OF FALLOUT SHELTER. A COMPARISON BETWEEN AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHIC AND DOCUMENTARY METHODS

Abstract

In 1959 a large part of Contra Costa County, California was surveyed for fallout shelter areas. This survey was based on an examination of the tax assessor's records of existing buildings. A portion of this area was also surveyed independently by a method based on aerial photography. A statistical comparison of the results of these two surveys indicates that the aerial photographic method was more efficient than the documentary method in locating potential shelter space in buildings of heavy construction. This result, however, is probably not operationally significant. There is reason to believe that a combination of these two survey methods could be devised which would be operationally preferable to either method.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1960
Accession Number
AD0276119

Entities

People

  • D. C. Kleinecke

Organizations

  • University of California, Berkeley

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Photographs
  • Aerial Photography
  • Aerial Surveys
  • Basements
  • California
  • Civil Defense
  • Construction
  • Construction Materials
  • Fallout Shelters
  • Geography
  • Images
  • Materials
  • New England
  • New Hampshire
  • Photographs
  • Photography
  • Surveys

Readers

  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Nuclear Civil Defense.
  • Statistical inference.

Technology Areas

  • Space