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Figure 1: Photogrammetric photographs from two short, overlapping flight strips arranged for supplying mapping details. Photo-control points are shown on only one photograph; shading indicates a typical terrain feature such as a lake (see text).

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Figure 1: Photogrammetric photographs from two short, overlapping flight strips arranged for supplying mapping details. Photo-control points are shown on only one photograph; shading indicates a typical terrain feature such as a lake (see text).

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Topics

orthophotoscope phototheodolite surveying cartography projection triangulation trilateration map Ordnance Survey International GIS hydrography atlas theodolite surveyor’s level

Key People

Édouard Gaston Deville

French surveyor