Guidelines for the Acquisition of Aerial Photography for Digital Photo-Interpretation of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV)

Abstract

Monitoring the success of large-scale submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) restoration projects requires the ability to detect and map the presence or absence of SAV, as well as assess changes in SAV distributions over time. Aerial photography is generally considered to be the most widely used, versatile, and relatively economical form of remote sensing (Lillesand and Kiefer 2000), and is the most common source of SAV mapping information (McKenzie et al. 2001). More often than not, however, difficulties arise that result in an undesirable or sometimes unusable photographic product.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA456495

Entities

People

  • Deborah J. Shafer
  • Mark R. Graves
  • Sam S. Jackson

Organizations

  • Engineer Research and Development Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aerial Photography
  • Cameras
  • Cartography
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Detection
  • Geographic Information Systems
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Images
  • Photographic Materials
  • Photographs
  • Photography
  • Plants
  • Remote Sensing
  • Standards
  • Vegetation

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Geodesy