Interpretación de fotografías aéreas en la planificación física-territorial del espacio turístico

Abstract

Considering the tourism as a system, the elements that conform it are different nature and could be divided in two categories: those that define the tourist space and those that can qualify it. "Land Use" belongs to the second category that means the spatial distribution of lhe city functions whose up-to-date registration is difficult of maintaining due to the urban dynamic. ln these conditions, the use of aerial photographies are a good
cost-efficiency alternative for diverse type of studies referred to the tourist phenomenon. The objeclive of this article is to describe the airphoto interpretation technique, advantages and disadvantages, and the results of their applicalion in the up-to-date land use map in the urban area of Maracaibo Municipality in Zulia State- Venezuela through the interpretation of an aerial photo mosaic or ortho-photo map to scale 1: 20.000, basic for the physical analysis and the tourist space qualification in this Municipality.