Unit 2 Land Use on Aerial Photographs and Large-Scale Maps PDF

Unit 2 Land use on aerial photographs and large-scale maps In this unit, we will cover: 1. What do aerial photographs look like? 2. Vertical and oblique aerial photos 3. Information from aerial photographs 4. Identify land use in urban settlements Watch the video below to help...

Unit 2 Land use on aerial photographs and large-scale maps In this unit, we will cover: 1. What do aerial photographs look like? 2. Vertical and oblique aerial photos 3. Information from aerial photographs 4. Identify land use in urban settlements Watch the video below to help you understand the topic better. You can make your own summary of the video by writing down the points you feel are most important. What aerial photographs look like (oblique and vertical) Aerial photographs show the land from above. There are two main kinds of aerial photographs, namely vertical aerial photographs and oblique aerial photographs. Vertical aerial photographs Vertical aerial photographs are taken by special aeroplanes. The camera is fixed under the aeroplane, parallel to the ground. Vertical aerial photographs give a map view of the ground. Figure 1 The angle of the camera in a vertical aerial photograph is parallel to the ground. Figure 3 A vertical aerial photograph of a rural area in Eastern Cape Oblique aerial photographs Oblique aerial photographs are taken by a camera that is attached to an aeroplane. See Figure 2 above. The camera is fixed at an oblique to the ground. Oblique aerial photographs show a view from above that is also partly from the side. Figure 5 An oblique aerial photograph of the area near the stadium in Mbombela, Mpumalanga