| Abstract: | Digital image processing of Landsat images of New York and Pennsylvania was undertaken to provide optimum images for lineament analysis in the area of the Salina Basin. Preliminary examination of Landsat images from photographic prints indicated sufficient differences between the spectral bands of the Landsat Multispectral Scanner (MSS) to warrant digital processing of both MSS band 7 and MSS band 5. Selective contrast stretching based on analysis of the Landsat MSS histograms proved to be the most important factor affecting the appearance of the images. A three-point linear stretch using the two end points and a middle point to the Landsat frequency distribution was most successful. The flexibility of the REMAPP image processing system was helpful in creating such custom-tailored stretches. An edge enhancement was tested on the MSS band 5 image, but was not used. Stereoscopic Landsat images acquired from adjacent orbits aided recognition of topographic features; the area of stereoscopic coverage could be increased by utilizing the precession of Landsat-1?s orbit . Improvements in the digitally processed scenes did affect the analysis of lineaments for the New York area; on the enhanced MSS band 5 image, an ENE trending set of lineaments is visible, which was not recognized from other images. |
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| ProdID: | 9898 |
| Citation Author: | Krohn, M. Dennis |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | iii, 39 leaves, [8] leaves of plates :ill. ;28 cm.; (49 p. - PGS) |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, |
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| Citation Series Number: | 79-533 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Enhancement of Landsat images for lineament analysis in the area of the Salina Basin, New York and Pennsylvania; 1979; OFR; 79-533; Krohn, M. Dennis |
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| Text: | Enhancement of Landsat images for lineament analysis in the area of the Salina Basin, New York and Pennsylvania; 1979; OFR; 79-533; Krohn, M. Dennis |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1979/0533/report-thumb.jpg |
| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1979/0533/report.pdf |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, |
