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THE PHOTOGRAMMETRIC METHOD AS A MEANS OF PROVIDING HIGHWAY ENGINEERS WITH AN INTEGRATED AND COMPLETE SYSTEM OF SURVEYING

Accession Number:

00202607

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING A COMPLETE SYSTEM OF SURVEYING, BASED ON PHOTOGRAMMETRIC METHODS, WAS INVESTIGATED. IT WAS DEMONSTRATED THAT THE PHOTOGRAMMETRIC METHOD IS A SCIENCE CAPABLE OF PROVIDING HIGHWAY ENGINEERS WITH AN INTEGRATED AND COMPLETE SYSTEM OF SURVEYING FOR OBTAINING THE QUALITATIVE INFORMATION AND QUANTITATIVE DATA ABOUT THE GROUND SURFACE REQUIRED FOR THE ROUTE LOCATION, PRELIMINARY SURVEY, DESIGN, LOCATION SURVEY, AND CONSTRUCTION STAGES OF URBAN HIGHWAY PROJECTS. ALL EXCEPT THE LAST TWO STAGES CAN BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO A GROUND SURVEY PARTY OCCUPYING THE ACTUAL CENTERLINE OF ANY PARTICULAR PROJECT /TRADITIONALLY, THIS WAS THE FIRST STAGE COMPLETED/. URBAN PROJECTS ARE EMPHASIZED BECAUSE IN THIS TYPE OF PROJECT THE MAXIMUM UTILIZATION OF THE PHOTOGRAMMETRIC METHOD CAN BE REALIZED.

Supplemental Notes:

Paper sponsored by Committee on Photogrammetry and Aerial Surveys and presented at the 45th Annual Meeting. 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 #:

01485990

Authors:

MacLeod, Malcolm H

Pagination:

pp 28-38

Publication Date:

1966

Serial:

Highway Research Record

Issue Number: 142
Publisher: Highway Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures (3) ; Photos (2)

Old TRIS Terms:

Subject Areas:

Design; Highways

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Nov 18 1994 12:00AM

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