Proceedings of the Symposium on Global and Environmental Monitoring: Proceedings of the Symposium on Global and Environmental Monitoring

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Title:: Proceedings of the Symposium on Global and Environmental Monitoring

Sub title:: techniques and impacts ; September 17 - 21, 1990, Victoria Conference Centre, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Year of publication:: 1990

Place of publication:: Victoria, BC

Publisher of the original:: [Verlag nicht ermittelbar]

Identifier (digital):: 856665355

Language:: English

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Persistent identifier:: 856669164

Title:: Proceedings of the Symposium on Global and Environmental Monitoring

Sub title:: techniques and impacts; September 17 - 21, 1990, Victoria Conference Centre, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Scope:: XIV, 912 Seiten

Year of publication:: 1990

Place of publication:: Victoria, BC

Publisher of the original:: [Verlag nicht ermittelbar]

Identifier (digital):: 856669164

Illustration:: Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten

Signature of the source:: ZS 312(28,7,1)

Language:: English

Usage licence:: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Editor:: International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Commission of Photographic and Remote Sensing Data

Publisher of the digital copy:: Technische Informationsbibliothek Hannover

Place of publication of the digital copy:: Hannover

Year of publication of the original:: 2016

Document type:: Volume

Collection:: Earth sciences

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Title:: [THP-3 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT]

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Title:: AERIAL SURVEILLANCE TO MONITOR ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES AGAINST THE ENVIRONMENT. By Ron E. Johnson

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AERIAL SURVEILLANCE TO MONITOR ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES AGAINST THE ENVIRONMENT By Ron E. Johnson Investigations and Enforcement Branch Ministry of the Environment ABSTRACT The creation of the Investigations and Enforcement Branch has clearly reinforced the Government of Ontario’s commitment that illegal pollution will not be tolerated. The branch was created in July 1985, with the responsibility of all aspects of environmental enforcement within the Ministry of the Environment. The Branch consists of 59 Investigators, 33 Support Staff and 18 Management for a total of 110 personnel. BACKGROUND Within this branch is an Aerial Ground Surveillance Unit and an Air Photo Interpretation Lab. The airborne unit is called "Operation Skywatch". It consists of the NINETY-NINES INC., an international organization of women pilots, with a common interest in flying. The pilots volunteer their flying time to the program. They are also involved in educational, charitable and scientific aviation activities. The group was established in November 1929, with Amelia Earhart as founder. The Ninety-Nines derives its name from the number of original charter members who organized to further the role of women in aviation. The aircraft used for aerial surveillance is the Cessna 172. It has been modified to serve as a platform for both oblique and vertical photography, both shot in stereo. The camera used is the Pentax 645 model. To obtain optimum results on colour negative or transparency film, 220 film is used. This is utilized for fast turn around time with film processing labs. The photo interpretation lab is equipped with instruments such as the Bausch & Lomb Stereo Zoom Transfer Scope, the Bausch & Lomb SIS-95 Magnifying Stereo Scope, the Zeiss OV- Stereo Pret, microscopes (low power) for viewing transparencies, and hand held 2-3-4-6 and 8 power stereo scopes, as well as brief case portable light box stereo combination for field office interpretation. The lab is also set up for the production of captioned displays and the preparation of mosaics for court exhibits. All of the film processing and colour printing is sent out to commercial labs. Historically the use of maps, models and sketches preceded the practice of remote sensing and photographic techniques to record the air-ground and water body relationships to one another. With the acceptance of the photograph as evidence in environmental proceedings, the camera has become an indispensable tool of the environmental Investigator. Aerial and ground surveillance enhances the Ministry of the Environment’s surveillance program by providing regular monitoring from the air, adding new dimensions to interpretation and evaluation. 660

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