WETMAAP Skill 1
Weweantic River - Element 28

Skill 1: Map Use
Element 28: Use of 2002 Landsat 7 Thematic Mapper Satellite Images

 Materials:

2002 Landsat 7 Thematic Mapper (TM) Satellite Images
1:25,000 scale 1977-1972 Snipatuit Pond – Wareham; 1977-1974 Plympton – Plymouth, Mass, USGS Topographic Quadrangles
1:100,000 scale 1986 New Bedford, Mass USGS Topographic Quadrangle
1:250,000 scale 1947-1969 Providence RI, MA, CT, NY, USGS Topographic Quadrangle

Exercises:

Part I:

1. What does “natural color” mean?

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2. What does “black and white” mean?

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3. Which Landsat 7 TM satellite image approximates a Natural Color (NC) image?

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4. The other Landsat 7 TM Image approximates a color Infrared Image (CIR)

What does “color infrared” mean?

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5. Using the 1:250,000 and the 1:100,000 scale maps as reference locate the study site on the Landsat 7 TM images, NC, and B&W aerial photographs.

Part II:

1. Using the 1:250,000 and the 1:100,000 scale maps in conjunction with the satellite images identify the following features

Boston, Massachusetts
Providences, Rhode Island
Worcester, Massachusetts
New London, Connecticut
Fall River, Massachusetts
New Bedford, Massachusetts
Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts
The Cape Code canal