IMAGING IN THE GEOSCIENCES

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IMAGING IN THE GEOSCIENCES

• INTRODUCTION TO AIR PHOTO INTERPRETATION

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IMAGING IN THE GEOSCIENCES INTRODUCTION TO AIR
PHOTO INTERPRETATION

• TONE
• COLOUR
• TEXTURE
• PATTERN
• LUSTRE

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IMAGING IN THE GEOSCIENCES INTRODUCTION TO AIR
PHOTO INTERPRETATION

• TONE

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Keep staring at the black dot. After a whilethe
gray haze around it will appear to shrink.
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Count the black dots!
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Stare at the black lightbulb for at least 30
seconds.Then immediately stare at a white area
on the screenor at a sheet of paper. You should
see a glowing light bulb!
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IMAGING IN THE GEOSCIENCES INTRODUCTION TO AIR
PHOTO INTERPRETATION

• COLOUR

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How many colors do you see?
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How many colors do you see?
There are only 3 colors White, green, and
pink.There seem to be two different shades of
pink,but there is only one pink.
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IMAGING IN THE GEOSCIENCES INTRODUCTION TO AIR
PHOTO INTERPRETATION

• TEXTURE

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Can you find the dog?
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IMAGING IN THE GEOSCIENCES INTRODUCTION TO AIR
PHOTO INTERPRETATION

• PATTERN or SHAPE

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What do you see?
What do
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What do you see?
What do
There's a face... and the word liar
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Do you see a musician or a girl's face?
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Do you see the face? Or an Eskimo?
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Is the left center circle bigger?
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Is the left center circle bigger?
No, they're both the same size
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Are the horizontal lines parallel or do they
slope?
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It's a spiral, right?
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It's a spiral, right?
No, these are a bunch of independent circles
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Is the blue on the inner left back or the outer
left front?
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Do you see a cube missing a corner?Or do you see
a small cube in a big one?
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What do you see?
Looks like President Clinton and Vice President
Gore, right?
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What do you see?
Wrong... It's Clinton's face twice, with two
different haircuts.
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IMAGING IN THE GEOSCIENCES INTRODUCTION TO AIR
PHOTO INTERPRETATION

• READING
• ANALYSIS
• INTERPRETATION

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IMAGING IN THE GEOSCIENCES INTRODUCTION TO AIR
PHOTO INTERPRETATION

• FEATURE CATEGORIES
• LANDFORMS
• DRAINAGE PATTERNS
• VEGETATION
• CULTURAL FEATURES

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IMAGING IN THE GEOSCIENCES INTRODUCTION TO AIR
PHOTO INTERPRETATION

• BE SYSTEMATIC
• BE AWARE OF INTERPRETATION ELEMENTS
• OBSERVE PATTERNS WITHIN THE PHOTO
• INTEGRATE ANCILLARY INFORMATION
• BE AWARE OF SUN ANGLE
• BE AWARE OF IMAGE GEOMETRY

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