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