Sentences with phrase «using aerial photographs»

One study in 2011 using aerial photographs concluded that many of the glaciers in Wind River lost on average 38 percent of their surface area over the latter half of the 20th century.
In 2003, she sued the organizers of California Coastal Records Project, a group documenting coastal erosion in the state using aerial photographs, because one of their helicopter snaps included views of the singer - songwriter - actress - filmmaker's Malibu home.
Identify and describe geographical human and physical features using an aerial photograph.
This week in the journal Nature, Csatho writes a «News and Views» analysis that comments on the latest research in this area: A new study in Nature by Kristian K. Kjeldsen, Niels J. Korsgaard, Kurt H. Kjær and colleagues, who used aerial photographs, remote - sensing observations and geological evidence to estimate the Greenland Ice Sheet's mass loss during three time periods since the start of the 20th century: 1900 - 83, 1983 to 2003 and 2003 - 10.
Be aware that tax assessors and county code types use aerial photographs to see if anyone has built anything new on their properties, whether a deck or an accessory building.
We have completed field measurements of each of the 35 glaciers below and use the aerial photographs to present a broad view that is lost when taking a picture of the glacier from the ground.

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«The ability to obtain accurate measurements and clear images from aerial photographs will significantly reduce the amount of time highways are closed during the initial investigation of major traffic crashes,» a state police statement gave as reasons for seeking to use what - shall - not - be-called-drones.
Petroamazonas has pledged to use «state of the art» roadless technology to drill, but aerial photographs have shown the company building a secret oil access road into Yasuní National Park.
Investigators will also use the aerial drones to document and photograph crime scenes.
Scientists have used old aerial surveys to chart surface changes in the Arctic and Antarctic, for example by studying photographs of Greenland's glaciers to document their history.
Using aerial survey photographs, the authors of this study assessed the presence, number, and total area of gull - inflicted lesions on 2680 living mother - calf pairs in 1974 - 2011 and ~ 200 stranding photographs of dead calves in 2003 - 2011 around Península Valdés, Argentina.
Instead, researchers rely on annual censuses conducted using everything from satellites to aerial photographs to ground counts.
As part of the 2017 study, Neffra Matthews of the BLM's National Operations Center in Denver, helped survey, map and document the trackway using photogrammetry, which helps scientists perform accurate measurements based on land - based or aerial photographs.
That's the message coming out of the U.S. Geological Survey, which studied aerial photographs of a handful of Pennsylvania counties where gas companies are using hydraulic fracturing to tap deposits in the Marcellus Shale.
It allows students to find about artists using similar approaches and aerial photographs to explore making an abstract painting, so covers AO1 2 and 4 nicely.
The Historic England Archive is now using its amazing collection of aerial photographs to produce Local History packs, containing aerial photographs and old maps for teachers to use in the classroom.
There are lots of good photographs used in the book and aerial views of tracks from Google Earth that make the tracks easy to understand.
Titled Beaucoups of Blues, North Kivu, Eastern Congo, this large - scale photograph was shot in Congo on Kodak's AEROCHROME III Infrared film (initially used by the US Air Force to conduct aerial surveillance) and is a part of Mosse's «Infra» series.
Badger traces topographical lines of aerial photographs of the moon produced by the Apollo 15 crew in 1974, makes a vector map and uses a 3 - D modeling program to create digital files, from which the works are cast.
Letter to a Refusing Pilot (2013), a peaceful, contemplative video first shown at the 55th Venice Biennale and the centrepiece of Thomas Dane's current exhibition, takes Tamir's empathetic objection as its centre point, making use of local footage, aerial photographs and drawings in order to reconstruct this character and the event.
Mishka Henner's Google Earth aerial photographs of Texan oilfields and a cyanotype of a post-industrial wasteland by Felicity Hammond use relatively basic techniques to astute effect.
«I spent many months researching the cases of soldiers who had been executed, trawling through courts - martial documents, using old aerial photographs and monastery diaries to pinpoint the precise locations where each man was shot.
NOAA also uses airplanes to take aerial photographs from much higher in the sky, which captures images of entire coastlines and offshore areas at once.
The use of imaging technology for aerial surveillance with radio control model aircraft having the capability of obtaining high - resolution photographs and / or video, or using any types of sensors, for the collection, retention, or dissemination of surveillance data or information on individuals, homes, businesses, or property at locations where there is a reasonable expectation of privacy is strictly prohibited by the AMA unless written expressed permission is obtained from the individual property owners or managers.
Large collections of aerial and ground photographs can be used to study historic changes in some glaciers (see Repeat Photography of Glaciers in the Glacier Photograph Collection).
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An Arizona REALTOR ® has received the Federal Aviation Administration's go - ahead to use a drone to capture aerial photographs of listings, as long as he follows regulations set out by the FAA, the first such permission granted to a real estate industry member.
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