Aerial Photography-Based GIS Analysis of the
Eastern Lake Ontario Shore:

Coastal zone change and processes 1938-1994

Report to The Nature Conservancy
Central and Western New York Chapter
Rochester, NY 14604
Under Contract Number: CWNY052898

By Charles E. McClennen, Professor of Geology

Deanna H. McCay, Assistant Professor of Geography 

and Marcus E. Pearson, Research Assistant

Colgate University, Hamilton, NY 13344 September 30, 2000

Web Design by Michael Lanford

Table of Contents

• Abstract
• Introduction
• GIS Analysis Method
• Results
• Discussion of GIS Analysis and Coastal Processes
• Management Implications and Recommendations
• Conclusion
• Acknowledgments and Bibliography

Tables

• List of Aerial Photographs used in the Coastal Zone Analysis
  (With Links to Pictures)

• Land Cover Category Descriptions

• Land Cover Change

• Predominant Coastal Change Factors

• Land Cover and Environmental Change Trends vs. Lake Level

Figures

1. Study Area Topographic Quadrangle Map Coverage
2. Land Cover Map for 1938
3. Land Cover Map for 1942
4. 1938-1942 Land Cover Change Map
5. Land Cover Map for 1955
6. 1942-1955 Land Cover Change Map
7. Land Cover Map for 1966
8. 1955-1966 Land Cover Change Map
9. Land Cover Map for 1984
10. 1966-1984 Land Cover Change Map
11. Land Cover Map for 1994
12. 1984-1994 Land Cover Change Map
13. 1955-1984 Land Cover Change Map

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This document was prepared for New York State Department of State with funding under Title 11 of the Environmental Protection Fund.