DEVELOPMENTS IN AERIAL COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY FOR TERRAIN ANALYSIS

PROGRESS IS BEING MADE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF AERIAL CAMERAS, FILTERS, HIGH-SPEED SENSITIVE COLOR EMULSIONS, AND RAPID-PROCESSING EQUIPMENT FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF AERIAL COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY FOR THE EXTRACTION OF TERRIAN INFORMATION. SOME RECENT AERIAL COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY TESTS EMPLOYED COLOR FILMS AND FALSE COLOR FILMS WITH ATTENDANT RESULTS. LOSS OF COLOR DETAIL FROM SMALL-SCALE AERIAL COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY IS OFTEN BALANCED BY THE OVERVIEW OF THE TERRIAN'S TECTONIC STRUCTURE, WHERE DOMINANT TERRIAN HUES AID IN INFORMATION EXTRACTION. NEEDS INDICATED ARE FOR GOVERNMENT AERIAL COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY TESTING PROGRAMS, IN WHICH ALL AGENCIES PARTICIPATE. /AUTHOR/