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Now in the 1980s, I happened to notice that if you look at an aerial photograph of an African village, you see fractals. And I thought, 'This is fabulous! I wonder why?' And of course I had to go to Africa and ask folks why.
Ron Eglash

Meaning of "aerial photograph" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH

aerial photograph  [ˈɛərɪəl ˈfəʊtəˌɡrɑːf] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Aerial photograph is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

aerial photograph

Aerial photography

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. Platforms for aerial photography include fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, multirotor Unmanned Aircraft Systems, balloons, blimps and dirigibles, rockets, kites, parachutes, stand-alone telescoping and vehicle mounted poles. Mounted cameras may be triggered remotely or automatically; hand-held photographs may be taken by a photographer. Aerial photography should not be confused with Air-to-Air Photography, where one-or-more aircraft are used as Chase planes that "chase" and photograph other aircraft in flight.

Definition of aerial photograph in the English dictionary

The definition of aerial photograph in the dictionary is a photograph taken from the air.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH


autograph
ˈɔːtəˌɡrɑːf
biograph
ˈbaɪəˌɡrɑːf
chromatograph
krəˈmætəˌɡrɑːf
chromolithograph
ˌkrəʊməʊˈlɪθəˌɡrɑːf
chronograph
ˈkrɒnəˌɡrɑːf
cinematograph
ˌsɪnɪˈmætəˌɡrɑːf
hydrograph
ˈhaɪdrəˌɡrɑːf
lithograph
ˈlɪθəˌɡrɑːf
Mimeograph
ˈmɪmɪəˌɡrɑːf
monograph
ˈmɒnəˌɡrɑːf
pantagraph
ˈpæntəˌɡrɑːf
pantograph
ˈpæntəˌɡrɑːf
paragraph
ˈpærəˌɡrɑːf
phonograph
ˈfəʊnəˌɡrɑːf
photograph
ˈfəʊtəˌɡrɑːf
photomicrograph
ˌfəʊtəʊˈmaɪkrəˌɡrɑːf
pictograph
ˈpɪktəˌɡrɑːf
seismograph
ˈsaɪzməˌɡrɑːf
spirograph
ˈspaɪrəˌɡrɑːf
typograph
ˈtaɪpəˌɡrɑːf

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH

aerial
aerial cableway
aerial camera
aerial input
aerial ladder
aerial mast
aerial perspective
aerial pingpong
aerial railway
aerial root
aerial survey
aerial tanker
aerial top dressing
aerialist
aeriality
aerially
aerie
aeried
aeries
aerification

WORDS THAT END LIKE AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH

bar graph
cerograph
choreograph
color photograph
colour photograph
digraph
electrocardiograph
electron micrograph
graph
hectograph
holograph
ideograph
micrograph
polygraph
radiograph
seraph
spectrograph
stereograph
subgraph
subparagraph
telegraph

Synonyms and antonyms of aerial photograph in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «aerial photograph» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH

Find out the translation of aerial photograph to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of aerial photograph from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «aerial photograph» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

空中拍摄的照片
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fotografía aérea
570 millions of speakers

English

aerial photograph
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हवाई तस्वीर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

صورة جوية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Аэрофотосъемка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fotografia aérea
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

এরিয়াল ফটোগ্রাফ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

photo aérienne
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gambar udara
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Luftbild
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

空中写真
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

항공 사진
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Foto aerial
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bức ảnh trên không
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வான்வழி புகைப்படம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हवाई फोटो
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Havadan fotoğraf
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fotografia aerea
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zdjęcie z lotu ptaka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Аерофотозйомка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fotografie aeriană
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αεροφωτογραφία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lugfoto
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

flygfoto
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

flyfoto
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of aerial photograph

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH»

The term «aerial photograph» is regularly used and occupies the 103.196 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about aerial photograph

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QUOTES WITH «AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word aerial photograph.
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Ron Eglash
Now in the 1980s, I happened to notice that if you look at an aerial photograph of an African village, you see fractals. And I thought, 'This is fabulous! I wonder why?' And of course I had to go to Africa and ask folks why.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH»

Discover the use of aerial photograph in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to aerial photograph and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Small-Format Aerial Photography: Principles, techniques and ...
Small-format Aerial Photography (SFAP) presents basic and advanced principles and techniques with an emphasis on digital cameras.
James S. Aber, Irene Marzolff, Johannes Ries, 2010
2
Aerial Photography and Image Interpretation
A complete coverage of the geometry of a vertical aerial photograph would include scale, height measurement, displacement and distortion, stereoscopy, and perhaps mapping. Because some of these topics are covered in later chapters, the ...
David P. Paine, James D. Kiser, 2012
3
Introductory Remote Sensing: Principles and Concepts
It is possible to evaluate the scale of an aerial photograph by using the focal length of the camera system (f) and the height (H) above the terrain at which the photograph is obtained. It is given by the expression: focal length of camera f flying ...
Paul Jude Gibson, 2000
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Resource Management Information Systems: Remote Sensing, GIS ...
An aerial photograph contains not only the image, but also essential information about the image, including: • agency that took the photograph; • flight or sortie number; • photograph number, within the flight or sortie; • focal length of the camera ...
Keith R. McCloy, 1995
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Learning and Teaching with Maps
Liben and Downs (1991), however, draw more cautious conclusions from their own studies involving similar tasks and point to a significant number of interpretation errors. Using an aerial photograph of Chicago, Liben and Downs ( 1989) found ...
Patrick Wiegand, 2006
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Principles and Applications of Photogeology
A good aerial photograph has to have certain standard of geometrical accuracy. It should also have a suitable tonal contrast to present faithfully a record of the terrain photographed. For photo-interpretation purposes, the image quality is of ...
Shiv N. Pandey, 1987
7
How to Read Aerial Photograpns for Census Work
An Aerial Photograph Can Be Used as a Map The aerial photographs used by the Bureau of the Census are vertical views; that is, they are photographs taken with the lens of the aerial camera pointed straight down. These vertical views of ...
United States. Bureau of the Census, Norman Carls, 1947
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Archaeology from Historical Aerial and Satellite Archives
2003) Upper – portion of an August 17th 1974 Soviet Period aerial photograph of the Middle Bronze Age fortified settlement of Sarym-Sakly (scale: 1 cm–22 m); lower – aerial photographic interpretation by Iya Batanina (Redrawn by B. Hanks)  ...
William S. Hanson, Ioana A. Oltean, 2012
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The Dictionary of Physical Geography
Oblique aerial photographs have their advantages, as they cover many times the area of a vertical aerial photograph taken from the same height using the same focal length lens and in addition present a view that is more natural to the ...
David S. G. Thomas, Andrew S. Goudie, 2009
10
Cleanup of Chemical and Explosive Munitions: Location, ...
Ground scars seen on the 1927 aerial photograph but not seen on the 1918 aerial photographs are potential burial sites. Most of these have never been seriously tested for burials because the original hypothesis was that most of the materials ...
Richard Albright, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term aerial photograph is used in the context of the following news items.
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DOT to update traffic incident plans for Cedar Rapids, Iowa City
Traffic moves through the I-380 and I-80 interchange in an aerial photograph in Johnson County on Wednesday, May 14, 2014. (Stephen ... «The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines, Jul 15»
2
Drones gain popularity in fight against deforestation
File photo: This aerial photograph shows logged areas in the forest close to the Bukit Tigapuluh wildlife reserve in Indonesia's eastern Sumatra. «Channel News Asia, Jul 15»
3
Completion of Mangrove Bay site improvements prompts summer …
Submitted Mangrove Bay, shown in this aerial photograph, offers 18 single-family home floor plans. Every residence includes a private pool, ... «Naples Daily News, Jul 15»
4
Philippines expects to win UN South China Sea case
This aerial photograph taken from a military aircraft shows alleged on-going reclamation by China on Mischief Reef in the Spratly group of ... «Seychelles News Agency, Jul 15»
5
Hotel exterior nearly complete
The aerial photograph taken on June 9, shows the footprint of the Mount Vernon Grand Hotel as work continues to move toward completion. «Mount Vernon News, Jul 15»
6
Gov't to guarantee $15m loan for cruise pier landside works …
The BVI Ports Authority recently released this aerial photograph of the Wickhams Cay landside development. Photo: DION STOUTT. According ... «BVI Beacon, Jul 15»
7
Through the Lens: Today in Pictures, July 3, 2015
PHOTO: AFP. Residential buildings stand in this aerial photograph taken in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, on Wednesday, June 24, 2015. «The Straits Times, Jul 15»
8
Fort St. John celebrates Canada Day
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the national flag, residents outlined the maple leaf and posed for an aerial photograph. The day wasn't ... «CJDC, Jul 15»
9
Report looks at Corridor's strengths, barriers
Downtown Cedar Rapids in an aerial photograph in Cedar Rapids on Wednesday, May 14, 2014. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette-KCRG TV9). «KCRG, Jul 15»
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For Painter Terry Crimmen Color Leads and Form Follows
The first painting in the series is based on an aerial photograph of a beach scene from a 1930s National Geographic magazine. The rest of the ... «The Vineyard Gazette - Martha's Vineyard News, Jul 15»

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