The use of historical imagery in the remediation of an urban hazardous waste site
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Abstract
The information derived from the interpretation of historical aerial photographs is perhaps the most basic multitemporal application of remote-sensing data. Aerial photographs dating back to the early 20th century can be extremely valuable sources of historical landscape activity. In this application, imagery from 1918 to 1927 provided a wealth of information about chemical weapons testing, storage, handling, and disposal of these hazardous materials. When analyzed by a trained photo-analyst, the 1918 aerial photographs resulted in 42 features of potential interest. When compared with current remedial activities and known areas of contamination, 33 of 42 or 78.5% of the features were spatially correlated with areas of known contamination or other remedial hazardous waste cleanup activity.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | The use of historical imagery in the remediation of an urban hazardous waste site |
| Series title | IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing |
| DOI | 10.1109/JSTARS.2010.2049254 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Year Published | 2011 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | IEEE |
| Publisher location | Piscataway, NJ |
| Contributing office(s) | Eastern Geographic Science Center |
| Description | 11 p. |
| First page | 281 |
| Last page | 291 |
| Time Range Start | 1918-01-01 |
| Time Range End | 1927-12-31 |
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