Aerial Photography Equipment, Chapters VII-XII,

Abstract

The two principal types of Russian aerial topographic cameras and some foreign aerial topographic cameras are described, as well as nontopographic slit, image shift compensation, panoramic and small-size aerial cameras. External orientations of aerial photos, methods of determining them and the apparatus used, gyrostabilizer units, statoscopes, radioaltimeters and radiogeodetic apparatus are described. Aerial magnetometry, gamma radiometry and other special survey apparatus is described briefly. Composition, installation, operation, maintenance, documentation and repair of aerial photography equipment is described, and a final section is devoted to the history of aerial photography.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 15, 1974
Accession Number
AD0786801

Entities

People

  • E. Arzhanov

Organizations

  • United States Army Foreign Science and Technology Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Cameras
  • Aerial Photography
  • Cameras
  • Images
  • Photographic Equipment
  • Photographic Materials
  • Photographic Recording Media
  • Photographs
  • Photography
  • Topographic Cameras

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