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ORTHOPHOTOGRAPHY [2 records]

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Record 1 2015-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematical Geography
  • Photography
  • Biogeography
DEF

The process by which orthophotos are made.

CONT

Orthophotography has made it possible to map areas that would otherwise have gone unmapped ...

OBS

Orthophotos are produced from perspective photos (usually aerial photos) through a process called differential rectification, which eliminates image displacements due to photographic tilt and relief.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géographie mathématique
  • Photographie
  • Biogéographie
DEF

Processus d'obtention des orthophotographies.

OBS

orthophotographie : Image photographique obtenue par redressement différentiel à partir d'un cliché aérien à peu près vertical représentant un terrain non plan.

Spanish

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Record 2 2006-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remote Sensing
  • Cartography
  • Photography
DEF

A photograph obtained from the orthogonal (i.e. horizontal) projection of a correctly orientated stereoscopic model formed by two overlapping aerial photographs.

OBS

An orthophoto is free of both tilt and relief displacements.

OBS

orthophoto: term officially approved by the RADARSAT-2 Terminology Approval Group (RTAG).

PHR

Stereo orthophoto.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télédétection
  • Cartographie
  • Photographie
DEF

Photographie [...] sur laquelle les déformations de l'image (dues à l'inclinaison de l'axe de prise de vues et au relief du terrain) sont corrigées en transformant, par petites zones, la projection perspective de la photographie en une projection orthogonale avec modification continue du rapport d'échelle en fonction du relief.

OBS

orthophotographie : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de RADARSAT-2 (GTTR).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Teledetección
  • Cartografía
  • Fotografía
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