Curriculum Activity

Activity Title: Using Digital Orthophoto Data to Estimate Land Use Patterns

Subject Area/Concept: Physical Science, Environmental Science

Grade Level: Jr and Sr High School

Tool: X Image Processing o GIS o Mol. Visualization o Stella

Objective(s): Students use photographic data to categorize land use patterns.

Data Source: Digital Orthophoto (DOQ) data, USGS

Procedure: Import *.tif files into Image J and then use the thresholding and pixel value counting methods to classify and analyze land use.

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Creator: Steve Zimmerman, La Canada High School, LCUSD, Calzim@aol.com