International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Vol XXXV, Part B7. Istanbul 2004 
  
1 INTRODUCTION 
This paper approaches a research requested to the 
LabFSG of the UFSC by the Municipality of Säo Jose. The 
problem appeared from a community action of the 
neighborhood of the seashore of the historical center of the city 
(from the Antonieta to the Ada beach) against the municipality 
that resulted in the seizure of the construction of a highway, 
known as “Beiramar Continental”. 
The community action alleged that the construction of 
the highway would commit the quality of the water, besides 
provoking a damage of the cultural heritage. It fell to the 
research to prove the truthfulness or not of these allegations in 
order to allow the municipality to accomplish the works in order 
to improve the quality of the citizens' life, without harming 
them, without hurting the legislation or still, without blemishing 
the constructions and the historical monuments. 
The risings of the pertinent legislation began, in order 
to evaluate the legal situation concerning to, property right, 
access to the beach, “ferrenos de marinha” (Brazilian coast 
lands that are 33 meters from the medium high tide of 1831), 
among others. 
2 METHOD 
Intending to accomplish the solicitation of the 
Municipal City Hall of Säo José, an expertise was developed in 
the seashore that includes to the historical center of that 
municipal district. 
The expertise seeks the analysis of the following 
items: 
a) Identification of the high tide of 1831; 
b) Identification of the strip of navy lands; 
c) Identification of the current seashore; 
d) Identification landscape, ^ urbanistic or 
environmental alterations; 
Those, which were approached in popular action and 
lawsuit. 
The maps obtained in 1995, was evaluated as well as 
the group of aerial pictures that originated it. Besides these, it 
was collected images, corresponding to the area, of the years of 
1938. 1956 and 1978. Through ground control points implanted, 
it was made the rectification of the images above obtaining as 
product ortophotos of each one of the years. It was also 
collected maps, which contains the determination of the 
medium high tide of 1831. As final product, ortophoto maps 
were generated (of each one of the dates previously mentioned) 
containing the themes: medium high tide of 1831 and the 
themes of the 1995's cartography. Simultaneously it grew a 
research with relationship to the historical characterization of 
the city's occupation, which during many years was trade point 
and passage of products between the plateau and the Island. 
3 MATERIAL 
Besides inspects in loco, it was used for the 
accomplishment of the expertise the following analysis 
instruments: 
a) Aerial pictures of the area, of several years, as 
1938, 1956 1978 and 1995; 
b) Restitution of the Photogrammetric surveying of 
1995, accomplished in 1996; 
c) Restitution of the Photogrammetric surveying of 
1996; 
4 THEORY 
4.1 Monitoring 
The monitoring is treated as an indispensable process 
to make a report that concerns the viability to execute an 
enterprise. The techniques used for the execution of the 
monitoring consisted of the interpretation of the temporary 
series of aerial pictures of the area of interest. The fast alteration 
that happens in the urban and rural areas turns necessary to 
verify the occupations conditions periodically. 
The changes happen mainly in implanted divisions 
into lots, dismembered lots, expansion of divisions into lots and 
municipal districts (altering the urban panorama gradually and 
consequently the rural panoram), new constructions, changes in 
the roads system and other alterations that change the real estate 
cadastre. 
According to KARNAUKHOVA, the acquisition of 
images through the techniques of Remote Sensing, represent the 
model of the surface, reflecting the real geographical situation 
in the moment of the acquisition of the image. 
4.2 Photogrammetry 
Considering the picture as essential source of 
information, it was born Photogrammetry, defined as the 
technique or the applied science that has for purpose to 
determine the form, the dimensions and the position of the 
objects contained in a picture, through measures made on the 
own photographic image. That definition is only based, in the 
character of measurements, however, the ability to interpret the 
picture is so important with relationship the one of measuring 
her. According to LOCH, Photogrammetry is the science and 
the technology of obtaining safe information regarding physical 
objects and of the environment, through registration processes, 
measurement and interpretation of photographic " images. 
4.3 Photointerpretation 
According the American Society of Photogrammetry 
as the act of to examine and to identify objects or situations in 
aerial pictures and other sensor, determining their meaning. 
Photointerpretation can still be defined as " the 
forecast of what it can be seen in the image " (SUMMERSON). 
This can be explained when it cannot characterize an object 
directly in the image, needing to lean on in known data, to 
extract or to deduce what represents the object in subject. 
4.4 Legislation 
4.4.1.1 Definitions 
Strip of Terrenos de Marinha, according to the 
legislation, is a strip in a width of 33m, from any marine, or 
fluvial waters counted of the medium high tide of 1831 earth 
inside. 
Acrescidos de Marinha are those formed natural or 
artificially, inside of the sea or of the river, starting from the 
medium high tide line of 1831. 
For all the effects of the legislation, the influence of 
the tides is characterized by the periodic oscillation of 5 (five) 
centimeters at least of the level of the waters, that happens in. 
any time of the year. 
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