Base Map Analysis of Coastal Changes Using Aerial Photography.

Abstract

Time-sequence aerial photos often constitute the only source of data to determine past shoreline changes. This report presents a method for obtaining shoreline change data from base maps constructed from time-sequence sets of aerial photos, with the image of the aerial photos superimposed at the constant scale of each base map. Shoreline position and other features of interest, such as vegetation line location and orientation of breaking wave crests near the coast, etc., are then traced on each base map. A comparison of each base map from the different sets of aerial photos will provide shoreline change data through time. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA110497

Entities

People

  • Craig Hamilton Everts
  • Deborah C. Wilson

Organizations

  • Coastal Engineering Research Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Aerial Photographs
  • Aerial Photography
  • Barrier Islands
  • Cameras
  • Civil Engineering
  • Coastal Engineering
  • Data Reduction
  • Elevation
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Images
  • Measurement
  • New Jersey
  • Photographs
  • Photography
  • Shores

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Wetland-Land-Environmental Management.