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Aerial photography - Definition and Overview

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Aerial photography is the taking of photographs from above with a camera mounted on an aircraft, balloon, rocket, kite or similar vehicle. It was first practised by the French airman Nadar in 1858.

Aerial photography is used in cartography, land-use planning, studies of the environment, espionage and other fields.

Aerial photos are often processed by a GIS system.

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Example Usage of photography

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