AIRPHOTO INTERPRETATION CLASSICS

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List of hard to find early key publications in the development of the "Belcher-Cornell school" of civilian airphoto interpretation methodologies.  Compiled by Ray Kreig

Belcher, Donald J., 1943,  The engineering significance of soil patterns.  Proc. Twenty-third Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board, November 1943: 560-598.  NOTE: Belcher received the 1944 Highway Research Board Award for this paper.  The HRB only gave out one of these per year.

Belcher, D.J., Gregg, L.E., and Woods, K.B., 1943, The formation, distribution, and engineering characteristics of soils; a report of an investigation conducted by the Engineering Experiment Station, Purdue University, in co-operation with the State Highway Commission of Indiana: [Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind. Engineering Experiment Station] Highway research bulletin no. 10; Research series no. 87: Lafayette, Purdue University, 389 p.  Table of contents  Soil profile examples   Data table II 

Belcher, Donald J., 1946,  Engineering Applications of Aerial Reconnaissance. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 57:727-734.

Jenkins, D.S., Belcher, D.J., Gregg, L.E., and Woods., K.B., 1946, The origin, distribution, and airphoto identification of United States soils. With special reference to airport and highway engineering: Washington, U.S. Dept. of Commerce Civil Aeronautics Administration, 2 v.  Folded map and charts in pocket.  Vol. 1: text; v. 2: airphotos. 

Contains this map in the pocket:

Belcher, D.J., Gregg, L.E., Woods, K.B., and Jenkins, D.S., 1946, Origin and distribution of United States soils: Washington, U.S. Dept. of Commerce. Civil Aeronautics Administration.  30" x 50" color map; Scale 1:4,000,000.  Map shows the genetic (landform) basis of soils of the United States.  Ray Kreig has a detailed 220 MB scan file of the whole map.  

Apparently this is the citation for the 2nd volume:

Jenkins, D.S., and United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration, 1946, Airphotos illustrating the origin, distribution, and airphoto identification of United States soils: Washington, D.C., U.S. Dept. of Commerce Civil Aeronautics Administration, 2 leaves, 63 leaves of plates.  Appendix B of the preliminary technical development report no. 52.  all ill. ; 27 cm.  Cover title.  Supplements Origin, distribution, and airphoto identification of United States soils / D. S. Jenkins. 

Belcher, D. J., 1948,  The engineering significance of landforms.  Highway Research Board Bulletin 13:9-29.

Belcher, D. J., United States. Office of Naval Research Amphibious Branch., Naval Photographic Interpretation Center (U.S). and Cornell University. School of Civil Engineering, 1951,  A Photo-analysis key for the determination of ground conditions : land form reports: Technical report ; no. 3: Ithaca, Cornell University, 6 v.

Gilman, W., 1955,  Report on a new profession: PHOTOANALYST: Popular Mechanics (April 1955), p. 118-121, 240-248.

Lueder, Donald R., 1959, Aerial photographic interpretation. New York, McGraw-Hill, 462 p.