| Abstract: | The author argues for a new, qualitative concept of “geographical” resolution, i.e., for certain changes in thinking about the extent to which spatial resolution per se can be accepted as an indicator of the suitability of various types of imagery for geographic analysis. She argues that more attention must be paid to other factors affecting the photographic reproducibility and perceptibility of geographical features on imagery: figure-ground contrast; configuration, size, and boundaries; etc. Examples of differences in the perceptibility of the same features (fields, erosional forms, populated places) at the same spatial resolution are presented for different parts of the country. Translated by Edward Torrey, Alexandria, VA 22308 from: G. V. Dobrovol'skiy and V. L. Andronikov, eds., Aerokosmicheskiye metody v pochvovedenii i ikh ispol'zovaniye v sel'skom khozyaystve: sbornik nauchnykh trudov Remote Sensing Methods in Soil Science and Their Utilization in Agriculture: A Collection of Scientific Works]. Moscow: Nauka, 1990, pp. 34-46. |
