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chuckt

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Color Aerials
« on: December 27, 2008, 05:12:28 PM »
I'm getting some strange results with the color aerials. Everything is tinted red, I don't think this is what you meant by "color". The image is from Austin, TX.


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Color Aerials
« Reply #1 on: December 27, 2008, 07:35:20 PM »
Unfortunately that's just how they are for Texas (and PA, too).

Check the coverage map here:

http://topofusion.com/color-coverage.php

You can see that those two states are red (no idea why).  Everywhere else is normal color.
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Color Aerials
« Reply #2 on: December 27, 2008, 07:45:31 PM »
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« Reply #3 on: December 27, 2008, 08:05:15 PM »
Yup.

Perhaps someone should inquire at your state gov't as to why they'd like to think they live on Mars.

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Re: Color Aerials
« Reply #4 on: April 13, 2009, 07:03:22 PM »
Republicans in TX, no idea about PA.

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« Reply #5 on: April 20, 2009, 07:26:44 PM »
Just to end the confusion, these "color" aerial photographs are infrared aerial photographs. Below is a short description copied from here.  My guess is these states probably haven't re-flown the state with newer photography yet.

The primary use of color infrared photography is vegetation studies. This is because healthy green vegetation is a very strong reflector of infrared radiation and appears bright red on color infrared photographs.