Cartography 2

Photogrammetry Objectives & Computations I

1. This is the technique of measuring objects (2D or
3D) from photogrammes.
2. It is mainly used to produce topographical or
thematic maps and digital terrain models.
3. Father of photogrammetry.
4. He developed the techniques for the
documentation of buildings.
19. A rectified photograph with a unique scale.
20. This photogrammetry instrument was first
introduced in 1957.
21. Defines how much a camera sees.
22. Refers to the measurement made on aerial
photographs to obtain quantitative data of the
earth’s surface.

5. The first institute for photogrammetry.
6. He suggested the use of stereoscope to estimate
volumetric measures.
7. They presented the first stereoscopical
instrument for vectorized mapping.
8. It is an instrument used for optical rectification.
23. Recognizing and identifying objects on the
photograph, as well as judging their significance.
24. Taken with ground based cameras from known
positions or stations with the camera axis
horizontal or nearly so.
25. The camera lens axis points at an angle on the
ground.

9. He is the first to apply photogrammetry principles
to aerial photographs.
10. They have stable and precisely known internal
geometries and very low lens distortions.
11. The line between two projection centers, if an
object is photographed from two different
positions.
12. It consists of two metric cameras mounted at
both ends of a bar.
13. A commercially available camera.
26. Made by joining several photographs taken at a
single camera station usually by a multi-lens
camera.
27. Three cameras are employed during photography,
one in the center which points vertically
downward and the other two tilted.
28. Consists of a one-piece casting which houses the
drive mechanism for the shutter assembly and the
magazine.
29. Control the amount of light striking the emulsion
of the film which is positioned in the focal plane.

14. A cheap method of mapping, requires only a ruler, 30. Consists of colored glass placed in front of the
a pencil, and a piece of paper with a straight edge. camera lens to prevent stray and undesirable light
from entering the camera.
15. It uses photographic enlargers. Complies with the
Scheimpflug condition and the vanishing point
condition.

16. A dense raster of points on the object with known

distances from a reference plane.

17. This technique is similar to numerical rectification,

except that the coordinates are transformed into
3D coordinates.
18. The scanned image is transformed pixel by pixel
into the 3D real-world coordinate system.

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Photogrammetry Objectives & Computations I
1. A camera has a square format of 18cm and
focal length of 88mm. Determine the angular
field of view.
2. What is the focal length of a camera if it has a
format of 23cm and field of view of 115º?
3. The distance between two opposite fiducial
marks of a photo is 20cm. What is the field of
view if the camera used has a focal length of
115mm?
4. A camera has a field of view of 87.5º and focal
length of 145mm. What is the dimension of
the square format?
5. A vertical photo was obtained by using an
aerial camera with a 153mm focal length.
From an altitude of 1148m above MSL. If the
average elevation of the terrain photo is
230m, determine the scale of the photo.
6. A vertical photo is taken using an aerial
camera having a focal length of 350mm. The
average scale of the photo is 1:2,000. If the
area photographed lies at an average height
of 915ft above MSL. Determine the flying
height above MSL when photo was taken.
7. A road was measured to be 3.57cm on a
topographic map with a scale of 1:50,000. The
same road can be seen in an aerial photo with
a focal length of 210mm and was measured
to be 176.3mm. The road lies at a contour of
elevation 120m. Determine the flying height
above MSL when the photo was taken.
8. A vertical photograph was obtained using an
aerial camera having a focal length of 150mm
from an altitude of 1200m above MSL. If the
average scale of the photograph is 1:5,000,
what would be the average elevation over the
terrain photographed?
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9. A parcel of lot, rectangular in shape, was
photographed by an aircraft flying at 2600m
above MSL. The camera used has a focal
length of 165mm. It was determined that the
lot has an average elevation 143m above MSL.
The sides of the lot were measured on the
photo as 56.12mm and 82.14mm compute
the actual area of the lot in hectares.
10. An aerial photo has a focal length of 185mm,
format of 230mmX230mm, it has a scale of
1:4,000. Determine the flying height of the
plane. Assuming that 25% of the photo is
already the ocean, what is the ground
coverage of the photo?
11. An aerial photo has a scale of 1cm = 600m,
the focal length of the camera used was
175mm, the projection of the plotter to be
used is 700mm. Compute for the model scale.
If the MGE is 865m above MSL, what should
the flight be above MSL? If the flight height
increases by 400m, what is the elevation of a
certain point B?
12. An analog plotter accommodates relief
variations of 23% of the projection distance.
What should be the allowable flying height if
the MGE is 264.50m? Compute contour
interval if the C-factor is 575. If the aerial
photo has a tilt of 21.5º and focal length of
165mm, what is the distance between the
principal point and the nadir point on the
photograph?
13. A photo was taken at 950m above MSL. The
focal length of the camera used was 175mm.
Two points A and B were distinguished to
have elevations of 38m and 196m,
respectively. What is the photo scale at point
A? What is the photo scale at point B? What
flight height would be required to produce a
vertical photo, if the desired scale is 1:12,000
over an area of MGE 1250m above MSL?
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