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- noun photography the
technology ofgeometrically correcting aerial photographs so that displayed distances areuniform and can be measured like amap
Etymologies
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SAFER integrates multiple databases and gives people information such as aerial maps (obliques and orthophotography), footage from hundreds of school surveillance cameras, dispatch data, campus photos, floor plans, and automated vehicle locations.
News 2010
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SAFER integrates multiple databases and gives people information such as aerial maps (obliques and orthophotography), footage from hundreds of school surveillance cameras, dispatch data, campus photos, floor plans, and automated vehicle locations.
ESRI News Feed 2010
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A digital elevation model (bald surface) for the FRIS project or site specific areas to be used for registration of orthophotography, with no warping or ghosting.
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Access Illinois GIS data sets and documentation (metadata) for ArcIMS Interactive Map Services, USGS digital topographic maps, aerial photography, orthoimagery, orthophotography, geology, land use, natural resources, and infrastructure.
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Ryan has a couple of posts on the difference between orthophotography - geometrically corrected aerial photography - and
Planet Geospatial 2009
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"Are actually for orthophotography (aerial imagery), not satellite ..."
unknown title 2009
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Most orthophotography is done in late winter or late fall, when the leaves are off the trees and there is no snow on the ground.
SurvivalBlog.com 2009
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orthophotography and satellite imagery is that once the final image product has been created, there is often a fair amount of collar data (NO DATA) pixels in the image.
Planet Geospatial 2009
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