APPLICATIONS OF PHOTOGRAMMETRY TO SURVEYS OF GLACIERS IN CANADA AND ALASKA

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Author: Konecny, Gottfried
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1966
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Yukon; Ellesmere Island; Canada; Otto Fiord; Mount Kennedy; glacier; glacier*; glaciers; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e66-061; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e66-061

The paper emphasizes that the choice of a proper procedure is essential for efficient glacier surveying. Terrestrial versus aerial photogrammetry and the use of electronic surveying procedures versus triangulation have been tested in surveys on the Athabasca and Saskatchewan glaciers, and on glacier...