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Remote Sensing Hydrosphere - North Carolina Science Olympiad

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DIVISION C<br />

NC <strong>Science</strong> <strong>Olympiad</strong><br />

Oct 2011-12 Coaches Institute<br />

<strong>Remote</strong> <strong>Sensing</strong><br />

Mapping and <strong>Remote</strong> <strong>Sensing</strong> Basics<br />

∙ Aerial Photography ... focal length and altitude ratios<br />

Discussion of focal length, film/sensor dimensions and relationship to<br />

distances on the ground<br />

Diagram showing focal ratios.<br />

Problem: determine ground frame width of an aerial photo<br />

(use examples of 9x9 negatives)<br />

Problem: determine altitude needed for a scaled photo<br />

(use examples of 9x9 negatives)<br />

Discussion of proportionality relationships and scale ratios for digital sensor<br />

systems with the PIXEL as the smallest unit of data capture<br />

October 8, 2011<br />

Slide 29<br />

rshighberg@bellsouth.net

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