Remote Sensing Lab 2

Lab 2's objectives were to interpret textures and tones of aerial photographs.  Besides looking at textures and tones, also learn to identify land features and compare the features in true color and false infrared color.

The first map I created by looking at the aerial photograph to find very light to very dark tones.  Next, looked for very coarse to very fine textures.  The extremes of the tones and textures are easy to identify, but the tones and textures in between take more time to identify.

The second map I created to show different features in the aerial photograph.  Some features were easy to see because of the shape such as a road and vehicles.  It was interesting to see how much seeing a shadow really helps identify features like the trees and light poles.  Using patterns to identify features really helps identify features when originally they were hard to tell what they are.  Seeing a lot of smaller buildings along the roads helps tell me its a residential neighborhood.  The pier was easier to identify by looking at the surroundings.  

The last part of the lab was applying the skills of identifying land features and comparing those with different colors.  The first photo was in true color which made identifying the features easier.  Then the next photo was the same area but false infrared color.  It was interesting to see how objects that were green ended up being red in the false infrared colors.