Definition of Aerial Photographs
Miscellanea / / November 13, 2021
By Florencia Ucha, in Jan. 2010
If the Photography it just turns out to be that procedure and art which consists of fixing and reproducing through chemical reactions and on surfaces specially prepared for it, those images obtained from the background of a camera obscura, aerial photography involves the same mechanism mentioned that is used to capture, For example, the photograph of a person sitting in the cafeteria next to another, but what changes in aerial photographs, which are the ones that will occupy next, is that in these cases the photographic machines are located on board of different aerial means in order to get them.
On the other hand, aerial photography supposes and requires a conscious and exhaustive analysis of the land surface, which will be done precisely through the aforementioned cameras that will be located on board the specific ships.
There are several areas that use aerial photographs to extract information and know the terrain in which they operate, archeology, geology and also the farming
They tend to use this type of photography in order, as we said, to collect information about nature. of the land on which you will have to work, for example, the nature of the crops.In archeology, for its part, it turns out to be a source of knowledge indispensable since it allows the prospecting of I usually, that is, it is used as a method to be able to discover structures in the subsoil without having to excavate it.
In addition, accompanied by a stereoscope, they facilitate the discovery of geological faults, dejection cones, highly erodible areas, saturated low areas, the type of natural drainage that the terrain presents and then, with that information, you will be able to know the type of soil we are facing, the type of vegetation, among many others issues.
Meanwhile, another context that also makes a lot of use of this tool of aerial photographs is the military, since it turns out to be ideal when studying the enemy or having to extract information on strategic objectives.
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