Showing papers in "Mapping Sciences & Remote Sensing in 1985"
TL;DR: The organization of the project is described along with the contents of major thematic sections, and examples of the use of basic initial maps to validate information used in more complex derivative maps are provided.
Abstract: The World Atlas of Snow and Ice Resources, scheduled for publication in the late 1980s, is an extensive cartographic summary of current knowledge about snow and ice. Roughly 750 maps organized unde...
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TL;DR: A digital terrain model of a test site in northeastern Hungary provided raw data used in interactive processing and plotting of maps on relief, slope angle, slope exposure or orientation, and tectonic structure lines.
Abstract: The authors describe a series of programs designed for the automated production of thematic relief maps. More specifically, a digital terrain model of a test site in northeastern Hungary provided raw data used in interactive processing and plotting of maps on relief (energy), slope angle, slope exposure or orientation, and tectonic structure lines. Applications in soil conservation, agroclimatology, and forestry are described briefly. Paper presented at the Euro-Carto III Seminar sponsored by the International Cartographic Association at Graz, Austria, October 23-25, 1984 and submitted to the Editor-in-Chief for publication.
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TL;DR: Fault tectonics (i.e., frequency and intensity of faulting) is proposed as a leading factor governing the spatial distribution of exogenous processes which hinder construction activity and provides the theoretical basis for compilation of engineering geomorphology maps which forecast the probability that such processes will occur in particular locations.
Abstract: Fault tectonics (ie, frequency and intensity of faulting) is proposed as a leading factor governing the spatial distribution of exogenous processes which hinder construction activity (landslides, caveins, general subsidence, karst formation, etc) This relationship provides the theoretical basis for compilation of engineering geomorphology maps which forecast the probability that such processes will occur in particular locations Interpretation of space imagery at a variety of scales provides the raw date needed to test this relationship and compile the maps themselves Sample maps prepared for river diversion and railroad construction projects are provided Translated from: Geomorfologiya, 1984, No 3, pp 36-43
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TL;DR: Sibiri et al. as discussed by the authors outline the general policy governing the use of remote sensing in Siberian mineral exploration and use it as a tool in the structural-geomorphologic mapping of potential mineral-bearing locations.
Abstract: The authors outline the general policy governing the use of remote sensing in Siberian mineral exploration—as a tool in the structural-geomorphologic mapping of potential mineral-bearing locations. Such maps are used to infer geologic structure (and endogenous conditions for mineral formation) and the character of contemporary exogenous processes (and conditions of transport and concentration of mineral residues) from geoindicators in surface terrain visible from space. Uses of space imagery in the study of seismic activity and engineering geomorphology are also described. Translated from: Kompleksnyye aerokosmicheskiye Issledovaniya Sibiri, A. L. Yanshin and L. K. Zyat'kova, eds. Novosibirsk: Nauka, 1984, pp. 5-14.
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TL;DR: The chair of the Moscow University Department of Cartography surveyed the current cartographic periodicals of the USSR and Eastern Europe, with special emphasis on the USSR, Hungary, East Germany and Poland.
Abstract: The Chair of the Moscow University Department of Cartography surveys the current cartographic periodicals of the USSR and Eastern Europe, with special emphasis on the USSR, Hungary, East Germany and Poland. The number and relative importance of each country's periodicals reflect general levels of economic and scientific development, although periodicals even from small countries with relatively unfamiliar languages of publication make significant contributions. The Soviet Referativnyi zhurnal, kartografiya supplies Russian-reading cartographers with information on hundreds of cartographic publications worldwide. Translated from the original by Marcia Levenson, PlanEcon, Inc., Washington, D.C. 20005.
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TL;DR: Among the many aspects of digital image processing described from the Soviet perspective are methods of improving data quality, data compression and encoding, geometric and radiational transformation, cloud penetration and feature enhancement, texture analysis, and feature recognition and enhancement.
Abstract: A final installment in a series of articles devoted to the Soviet earth resource observation system and the “Meteor” and “Meteor-Priroda” satellites focuses on the processing of multispectral information after it is transmitted to ground receiving and processing stations. Among the many aspects of digital image processing described from the Soviet perspective are methods of improving data quality (filtration and correction), data compression and encoding, geometric and radiational transformation, cloud penetration and feature enhancement, texture analysis, and feature recognition and enhancement. The paper closes with a description of Soviet image display system capabilities. Translated from: Priroda Zemli iz kosmosa, A. P. Tishchenko and S. V. Viktorov, eds., Leningrad: Gidrometeoizdat, 1984, pp. 39-55.
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TL;DR: This paper demonstrates how truly topologic images can be created “from scratch,” i.e., without manipulation of either the sizes or shapes of areal units on preexisting maps.
Abstract: A survey of the use of topologic concepts of space in map transofrmation supports the author's contention that so-called “transformed images” represent for the most part rather arbitrary distortion...
TL;DR: The author's observations on the proceedings of the 1984 IGU Congress in Paris and 1984 ICA Conference in Perth, Australia provide a framework for a commentary on the current state of relations bet....
Abstract: The author's observations on the proceedings of the 1984 IGU Congress in Paris and 1984 ICA Conference in Perth, Australia provide a framework for a commentary on the current state of relations bet...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe a methodology based on the joint use of remote sensing imagery and field observations for compiling maps of forest damage caused by insect pests, which are used to assess and predict economic losses from insect damage and, by affording comparisons between infested areas and specific physical environments, provide a basis for identifying sites most susceptible to future infestations and thus warranting careful monitoring.
Abstract: The paper describes a methodology, based on the joint use of remote sensing imagery and field observations, for compiling maps of forest damage caused by insect pests. These maps are used to assess and predict economic losses from insect damage and, by affording comparisons between infested areas and specific physical environments, provide a basis for identifying sites most susceptible to future infestations and thus warranting careful monitoring. The approach combines elements of both ecology and physical geography. The use of the completed maps to generate information unavailable through other methods is a good example of what the Sovietx refer to as the “cartographic method of research.” Translated from: Geografiya i prirodnyye resursy, 1985, No. 2, pp. 97-107.
TL;DR: A survey of contemporary land-use mapping across the world, and more specifically, the applications of remote sensing methods in such mapping can be found in this article, where four types of land use maps are identified: diagnostic/informational, historical, dynamic, and predictive.
Abstract: A brief history of land-use mapping sets the stage for a survey of contemporary land-use mapping across the world, and more specifically, the applications of remote sensing methods in such mapping. Other issues addressed include the need to refine the definition of land use to encompass the totality of geographic space, to formally recognize the difference between large-scale maps of agricultural land-use and smaller-scale general land-use maps, and to investigate more closely the wisdom and desirability of a standardized world land-use classification. Four types of land-use maps are identified: diagnostic/informational, historical, dynamic, and predictive. Translated from: Vestnik Leningradskogo Universiteta, 1983, No. 24, pp. 52-61.