Cartography and Aerial Photography

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• Aerial photography — is the taking of photographs of the ground from an elevated position. The term usually refers to images in which the camera is not supported by a ground based structure. Cameras may be hand held or mounted, and photographs may be taken by a… …   Wikipedia

• cartography — cartograph /kahr teuh graf , grahf /, n. cartographer, n. cartographic /kahr teuh graf ik/, cartographical, adj. cartographically, adv. /kahr tog reuh fee/, n. the production of maps, including construction of projections, design, compilation,… …   Universalium

• Cartography — Cartographer redirects here. For the album by E.S. Posthumus, see Cartographer (album). A nautical chart of the Mediterranean Sea from the second quarter of the 14th century. It is the oldest original cartographic artifact in the Library of… …   Wikipedia

• Cartography of Switzerland — Sample detail of the 1:50,000 National Map of Switzerland, showing the Blüemlisalp glacier. Switzerland has had its current boundaries since 1815, but maps of the Old Swiss Confederacy were drawn since the 16th century. The first topographical… …   Wikipedia

• map — mappable, adj. mapper, n. /map/, n., v., mapped, mapping. n. 1. a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships… …   Universalium

• Map — /map/, n. Walter, c1140 1209?, Welsh ecclesiastic, poet, and satirist. Also, Mapes /mayps, may peez/. * * * I Graphic representation, drawn to scale and usually on a flat surface, of features usually geographic, geologic, or geopolitical of an… …   Universalium

• MAP — See modified American plan. * * * I Graphic representation, drawn to scale and usually on a flat surface, of features usually geographic, geologic, or geopolitical of an area of the Earth or of any celestial body. Globes are maps represented on… …   Universalium

• Topographic map — A topographic map with contour lines …   Wikipedia

• Overseas Surveys, Directorate of — ▪ British agency       surveying, mapping (map), and aerial photography agency of the Overseas Development Administration (ODA) of the United Kingdom, founded in 1946 to provide advice to the ODA and foreign governments and organizations on… …   Universalium

• OpenAerialMap — map snapshot of Central Europe with OpenStreetMap roads layer OpenAerialMap is an open collection of aerial photographs, collected into a single coherent view of the world. It is an attempt to gather satellite imagery and aerial photography data… …   Wikipedia

• Ortho — (from the Greek word ὀρθός meaning straight or correct ) may refer to: In science An arene substitution pattern in which two substituents occupy adjacent positions on an aromatic ring Chlordane an organochlorine compound that was used as a… …   Wikipedia