Applying space shuttle radar technology to road locations and gravel searches.

Author(s)
Widger, A. Paulhus, B. Antunes, J. & Richardson, N.
Year
Abstract

The paper will highlight two trials undertaken in Saskatchewan to apply the new shuttle radar elevation data to a route location in a remote area and in the search for aggregate. The first part of the paper will describe how the shuttle elevation data and model were used in GIS software to assess alternative routes for a proposed new road in northern Saskatchewan where no access or survey information was yet available. The second part of the paper will describe how the shuttle elevation data and model were used in GIS software. GPS elevations from known delta deposits were used to re-establish water elevation of glacial lakes at the time gravel was being deposited into them, and then to identify potential areas to investigate for new gravel sources. For the covering abstract of the conference, see ITRD number E211521.

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C 38368 (In: C 38346 CD-ROM) /21 / ITRD E211539
Source

In: Transportation without boundaries : proceedings of the 2006 annual conference and exhibition of the Transportation Association of Canada TAC, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, September 17-20, 2006, 14 p.

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