 photo (light writing)

 gram (graphic)
 metry (measure) comes the root of the
science of photogrammetry.

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 the art, science, and technology of
obtaining reliable information about
physical objects and the environment
through the processes of recording,
measuring, and interpreting photographic
images and patterns of electromagnetic
radiant energy and other phenomena.
(ASPRS)

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 the art and science of extracting
meaningful information about objects and
phenomenon from imagery, either in
analog or digital form, and other spatial
measurement systems like laser and radar
data. It is generally perceived as making
measurements on photographs.

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 Has been used for many different scientific
tasks
 Ideal technology where area is inaccessible
 object to be measured may be
• too hot or cold,
• too soft or fragile, or
• too dangerous to measure by conventional means

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 Niépce: 1827
• French
• 1st photography

 Daguerre:1839
• 1st practical photograph
• Daguerrotype

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 Aimé Laussedat((1819 – 1907)
• First to use terrestrial photographs
for topographic mapping(1849)

• the father of photogrammetry

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 Experimented with kite and
balloon photography
 Exhibited first phototheodolite
and plan of Paris made from
photo surveys
 Use of photography for
mapping officially accepted by
Science Academy in Madrid in
1862

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 Nadar (France).
• 1858 First aerial photographs
(from balloon)

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 1896: Eduard Gaston and Daniel Deville
• present the first stereoscopical instrument
for vectorized mapping.
 1901: German Carl Pulfrich
• creates the first ”Stereokomparator“ and
revolutionates the mapping from stereopairs.
 1910: The ISP (International Society for
Photogrammetry), now ISPRS,
• was founded by Edouard Dolezal in Austria.
• 1913: The first congress of the ISP was held in
Vienna.
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 1911: The Austrian Theodor
Scheimpflug
• finds a way to create rectified
photographs.
• He is considered as the initiator of
aerial photogrammetry, since he was
the first succeeding to apply the
photogrammetrical principles to aerial
photographs.

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 1970s: The analytical plotters, which were
first used by Uki Helava in 1957
• apply more complex methods:
 aerotriangulation,
 bundle adjustment,
 the use of amateur (=”non-metric”) cameras etc.
 1980s: digital photogrammetry
• Due to improvements in computer hardware and
software, digital photogrammetry is gaining more
and more importance

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 topographic mapping
• earliest applications of photogrammetry
• Still today
• E,g USGS, State Highways
 orthophotos, and digital elevation
models(DEMs)
• Newer products
• replace traditional topographic maps

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 An orthophoto is an aerial photograph that
has been modified so that its scale is
uniform throughout

 A DEM consists of an array of points in an

area that have had their X, Y, and Z
coordinates determined

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 land surveying:
• Aerial photo used as rough base maps for
relocating existing property boundaries
• Through stereoscopic viewing, the area can be
studied in three dimensions.
 highway planning and designing:
• high altitude photos or satellite images are used to
assist in area and corridor studies and to select the
best routes

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 preparation of
• tax maps, soil maps, forest maps, geologic maps
and maps for city and regional planning and
zoning.
 is used in the field of
• astronomy, architecture, archeology,
geomorphology, oceanology, hydrology and water
resources, mineralogy, etc.
 been used successfully in traffic management and
traffic accident investigations.

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