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USES OF PHOTOGRAMMETRY BY THE WISCONSIN STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION

Accession Number:

00202838

Record Type:

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Abstract:

PHOTOGRAMMETRIC ENGINEERING FIRMS FURNISH TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS AND ALLIED DATA FOR THE PLANNING, LOCATION, AND DESIGN OF HIGHWAYS IN WISCONSIN. THE SERVICES OF PHOTOGRAMMETRIC ENGINEERING FIRMS FOR TAKING AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMPILING TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS HAVE BEEN ENGAGED BY NEGOTIATING RATHER THAN BY BIDDING, AND EXCELLENT RESULTS WERE OBTAINED. THE DESIGN SECTION OF THE STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION OF WISCONSIN HAS CONSTRUCTED A SIZEABLE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL PHOTOGRAPHIC MOSAICS IN VARIOUS FORMS FOR REPORTS AND PUBLIC HEARINGS. GOOD RESULTS WERE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF OBLIQUE PHOTOGRAPHY FOR RIGHT-OF-WAY PURPOSES. A COMPLETE OBLIQUE PHOTOGRAPHY RECORD OF 50 MILES OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION FROM LOCATION SURVEYS STAKING TO ROADWAY SURFACING, WAS ACCOMPLISHED IN COOPERATION WITH THE U.S. BUREAU OF PUBLIC ROADS WITH THE COOPERATIVE ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN THE HIGHWAY AND AERONAUTICS COMMISSIONS. PRESENT PLANS CALL FOR A CONTINUATION OF NEGOTIATING ENGINEERING CONTRACTS FOR THIS TYPE OF SERVICE.

Supplemental Notes:

pp 9-11. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.

Monograph Accession #:

00202562

Pagination:

pp 9-11

Publication Date:

1964

Serial:

Highway Research Board Special Report

Issue Number: 82
Publisher: Highway Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

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Subject Areas:

Design; Highways

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Sep 21 1970 12:00AM

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