LTRMP SOPs: Field station photointerpretation 


Owens, T. and K. D. Hop.  1995.  Long Term Resource Monitoring
Program standard operating procedures:  Field station
photointerpretation.  National Biological Service, Environmental
Management Technical Center, Onalaska, Wisconsin, August 1995. 
LTRMP 95-P008-2.  13 pp. + Appendixes A-E.  (NTIS #PB95-114715)


ABSTRACT

This chapter describes specific procedures that should be
followed by Long Term Resource Monitoring Program (LTRMP) Field
Station staff when preparing for and conducting a
photointerpretation project.  Procedures are provided for photo
and work area preparation, scaling, field verification, and
interpretation.  The procedures are divided into several steps: 
1) photo preparation, 2) scaling photos and determining the
minimum mapping unit, 3) work area preparation, 4) field
verification, and 5) photointerpretation.  Required materials and
equipment are listed and the classification is listed and
described.  Basic conventions to delineation and labeling are
described. 


KEYWORDS

aerial photography, aerial photointerpretation, vegetation
mapping