June 20, 2008
Aerial Photography 101
By Value in Careers | 0 comments
What exactly is aerial photography? Basically, modern aerial photography is the technique of taking pictures of the Earth’s surface and/or features of its atmosphere using aircrafts equipped with special digital camera equipment and GPS software from elevated positions.
What kinds of aircrafts are capable of aerial photography?
If an aircraft can carry the equipment necessary to take pictures, chances are it is capable of aerial mapping. Examples of some platforms of aerial photography include:
- Airplanes
- Rockets
- Satellites
- Kites
- Helicopters
- Blimps
- Hot Air Balloons
What are the uses for aerial photography?
Aerial photography has many uses. Map-makers, or cartographers, can use this kind of photography to build better, more detailed maps. Movie production studios use aerial photography to plan their location shoots. Commercial advertisers, real-estate developers, archeologists and surveillance personal also find aerial photography extremely helpful in their everyday jobs.
Aerial photography allows you to fly anyway on the planet and view its natural terrain and built-up locations. Some aerial photography even lets you explore the many fascinating galaxies in our universe!
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