COMPARISON TEST OF HIGH-ALTITUDE CAMERA

Abstract

This report describes details of mapping trends from extremely high altitudes. Test photography was obtained to study %ether the Air Force should utilize 6" focal length wide angle, 911 x 911 negative size photography or whether to utilize a longer focal length camera for basic coverage from altitudes of 40,000 feet or higher.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1954
Accession Number
AD0058999

Entities

People

  • Howard L. Ross

Organizations

  • Wright Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Photography
  • Aerial Reconnaissance
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Altitude
  • Cameras
  • Engineers
  • Focal Planes
  • High Altitude
  • Images
  • Military Operations
  • Photographs
  • Photography
  • Precision
  • Reconnaissance
  • United States
  • Wide Angles

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Geodesy