Photo-interpretation training

Abstract

The principles and methods of photointerpretation are in a dynamic phase of development. The methods of data collection and analysis of data collected are changing and enlarging rapidly. Radar and infrared images and space photographs of many parts of the world are now available for study and interpretation. Photointerpretation training presented today, therefore, must allow for the use of these new techniques and data, and for the 'development and undertaking of related field investigations. This requirement takes on special importance because of the likelihood that those who receive the initial training will be the leaders of the aerial surveys that are to be undertaken for some years to come. A course, stressing physical and geometrical aspects of interpretation, need not require a high degree of knowledge in either mathematics, physios, or electronics. It will, however, require the introduction of some terms that are un familiar to most interpreters. Some of these terms are included in the following outline; as a result, the suggested course may seem complex.