WETMAAP Skill 4
Texas City/Virginia Point: Element 2
Skill 4: Aerial Photography Interpretation
Element 2: Habitat Interpretation
Materials:
1992a Aerial Photography with overlay attached, study site boundary delineated, and habitats identified for the photographic essay
1979, 1989, and 1992a Areal Photographic signature tables prepared in Skill 4, Element 1.
colored pens
ultra-fine black pen
magnifying glass
Exercise:
1. Using the ultra-fine black pen, draw a line between the open water and the land for the area inside the study site boundary only.
3. Completely fill in all polygons with the color that indicates the type of habitat.
4. Prepare a legend a the bottom of the overlay by creating a box filled with the
Example:
¨ Open Water
¨
Salt Marsh