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A land use and environmental impact analysis of the Norfolk-Portsmouth SMSAThe feasibility of using remote sensing techniques for land use and environmental assessment in the Norfolk-Portsmouth area is discussed. Data cover the use of high altitude aircraft and satellite remote sensing data for: (1) identifying various heirarchial levels of land use, (2) monitoring land use changes for repetitive basis, (3) assessing the impact of competing land uses, and (4) identifying areas of potential environmental deterioration. High altitude aircraft photographs (scale 1:120,000) acquired in 1959, 1970, and 1972, plus Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS-1) color composite images acquired in 1972 were used for the land use and environmental assessments. The high altitude aircraft photography, as expected, was successfully used to map Level 1, Level 2, as well as some urban Level 3 land use categories. However, the detail of land use analysis obtainable from the ERTS imagery exceeded the expectations for the U.S. Geological Survey's land use classification scheme. Study results are consistent with the initial investigation which determined Level 1 land use change to be 16.7 square km per year.
Document ID
19740005960
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Mitchel, W. B.
(Geological Survey Washington, DC, United States)
Berlin, G. L.
(Northern Ariz. Univ. Flagstaff, United States)
Date Acquired
August 7, 2013
Publication Date
May 1, 1973
Publication Information
Publication: Mich. State Univ. Proc. of the Conf. on Pract. Appl. of Remote Sensing
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
74N14073
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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