Visual Interpretation Lab


 Module 1 Lab: Visual Interpretation

This was the first lab for my Photo Identification and Remote Sensing Class. For this assignment i was tasked with creating several feature layers in order to identify objects within Aerial Photographs based on unique  factors. 


Student Learning Outcomes:

▪ Interpret the tone and texture of aerial photographs.

▪ Identify land features in an aerial photograph based on several visual attributes.

▪ Compare similar land features in true color and false color infrared (IR) photographs


Exercise 1:

Marked objects with polygons based on Tone and Texture. Uniform areas were identified by tone (very light, light, medium, dark, very dark) and Areas with Identifiable Texture were identified by Texture (very fine, fine, mottled, coarse, very coarse).




Exercise 2:

 I chose easily identifiable objects based on shapes such as a square roof and a round pool. For shadow-based objects I identified recognizable shadows from objects including trees and a water tower. For patterns I identified objects based on unique patterns such as those found on colored roofs and sand dunes. Lastly, I identified objects based on association such as a pier and sand dunes due to proximity to the ocean.




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