elements of image interpretation
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Elements of Image InterpretationTRANSCRIPT
Source: Ch.5 Campbel and
Carolina Distinguished Professor
Department of Geography
University of South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina 29208
ELEMENTS OF IMAGE INTERPRETATION
Elements of Image
Interpretation
Size
Shape
Shadow
Texture Height
and Depth
Pattern
Tone
Size: Relative and Absolute size of objects
on image
Shape: Gives ideals clues of features identity
Shadow: Helps to identify both natural and man made features
Tone : Denotes lightness or darkness of a region within an image
Tone and Color
Texture: refers to the apparent roughness or smoothness of a region.
Pattern: Arrangement of individual objects into distinctive recurring
forms that facilitates the recognition on aerial imageries
Height and Depth
Elements of Image Interpretation -
Site, Situation and Association
IMAGE INTERPRETATION STRATEGIES
Field Observation
Direct Recognition
Interpretation by inference
Probabilistic Interpretation
Deterministic Interpretation