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Integration of orthophotographic and sidescan sonar imagery: an example from Lake Garda, Italy Integration of orthophotographic and sidescan sonar imagery: an example from Lake Garda, Italy

Digital orthophotos of Lake Garda basin area are available at the scale of up to 1:10,000 from a 1994 high altitude (average scale of 1:75,000) air photo coverage of Italy collected with an RC30 camera and Panatomic film. In October 1994 the lake bed was surveyed by USGS and CISIG personnel using a SIS 1000 Sea-Floor Mapping System. Subsystems of the SIS-1000 include high resolution...
Authors
Giuseppe Gentili, David C. Twichell, Bill Schwab

The Topography of Asteroid Ida: A Comparison between Photogrammetric and Shape­Form-Shading Image Analysis The Topography of Asteroid Ida: A Comparison between Photogrammetric and Shape­Form-Shading Image Analysis

We derived high resolution Digital Terrain Models from stereo images of the asteroid Ida that were obtained by the Galileo spacecraft during the flyby in August 1993 and compared these results with terrain models derived from two-dimensional photoclinometry. The comparison shows that there are striking discrepancies between the results from the two models depending on the spatial scale...
Authors
Bernd Giese, Juergen Oberst, Randolph L. Kirk, W. Zeitler

Ecosystem management: A decision support GIS approach Ecosystem management: A decision support GIS approach

This paper describes a new approach using decision support GIS for handling information in ecosystem management. Technical research efforts resulted in specialized spatial decision support systems for wetland restoration planning, wetland permit analysis, and wildlife research and management. These applications are briefly presented to illustrate the usage of the methodology. With its...
Authors
Wei Ji

Potential-Scour Assessments at 130 Bridges in Iowa Potential-Scour Assessments at 130 Bridges in Iowa

A total of 130 highway bridges in Iowa were assessed for potential scour using a potential-scour index developed by the U.S. Geological Survey for a bridge-scour study in western Tennessee. Greater values of the index, which is composed of 11 components, suggest a greater likelihood of scour-related problems occurring at a bridge. For the Iowa assessments, the minimum value was 3, the...
Authors
Edward E. Fischer
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