Aerial Photography Maps

The historic of aerial photographs start with the first aerial photo of the Globe made by a US satellite named Explorer 6. It was Luna 3, a Russian satellite that could be credited with taking the first lunar photographs of the far position of the moon. However, there is no clearness in this regard. In the year 1972, the United States of America approved the Landsat Platforms, whose sole purpose was to acquire as numerous pictures of Earth as is potential. This is a straight plan, and its most new version was founded in the year, 1999.

The historical aerial pictures may be used for the non-automatic interpreting of ground use and land cover features for comparing with new photos, projects, maps or drawings of the place.

Aerial photography means making  photographs of the land from a raised place. The term usually relates to images in which the camera is not supported by a ground-based structure. Cameras may be hand held or raised, and photographs may be taken by a photographer, triggered remotely or triggered mechanically. Programs for aerial photography include fixed-wing aircraft, choppers, balloons, blimps and airships, rockets, poles and parachutes.

The photos can be explored or browsed using a map search or a geographic keyword search. Searches will bring up information and metadata about each photo and a 150 dpi picture that can be downloaded free.