Remote Sensing and GIS for Site Characterization: Applications and Standards

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Vernon Singhroy, Douglas Daniel Nebert, Arnold Ivan Johnson
ASTM International, 1996 - 177 pages
Contains selected papers from the title international symposium, held in January 1994 in San Francisco, CA. Sections on remote sensing applications, geographic information system (GIS), site characterization, and standards detail the latest findings in areas such as digital elevation data; Landsat T

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Contents

Overview
2
Image Enhancement Guidelines
5
Advanced Technologies for Environmental Monitoring and Management
17
Digital Elevation Data Landsat TM and Magnetic Data for Visualization of Geomorphological and Geological Features
29
Data Transfer Necessary Interfaces and Applications in a Modular Snow Hydrology Modeling System
38
A Change Detection Methodology for the Amazon Forest Using Multitemporal NOAAAVHRR Data and GISPreliminary Results
43
A Concept for Remote Sensing Data Selection and Method Selection
47
Issues and Applications
53
Development of a GIS for Environmental Assessment Incorporating Known Potential Environmental Hazards and Remote Sensing
101
Environmental Remote Sensing of Military Exercise Areas in Germany
107
Integrating an ObjectOriented GIS in a Geohydrological Information System
117
Interpreting the ASTM Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
126
Conceptualization and Characterization of GroundWater Systems Using Geographic Information Systems
131
Application of Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata to Laboratory Data and the Site Characterization Process
146
The National Aerial Photography Program As a Digital Ortho Image Map Base for Geographic Information Systems
154
APPENDIX 1Glossary of Acronyms Terms and Definitions Related to Remote Sensing GIS and Site Characterization
161

Integration of a GIS Data Set with Aerial Photography Using GPS for Control Points on the Newlands Project in Nevada
66
Basic Data Requirements for GroundWater GIS Systems
75
The Importance of Undergraduate Graduate Technical and Applied GIS and Remote Sensing Education
89
Geographical Information Systems GIS Application to Analyze Transportation Effects on Mineral Activities in a Developing Country
93
Appendix 2Scopes of Some ASTM Standards Related to Remote Sensing GIS and Site Characterization
172
Author Index
175
Subject Index
176
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