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photogrammetric

photogrammetric

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Using photos to measure distances and make maps
  • adjective
  • /ˌfoʊtəˈɡræmɛtrɪk/
  • Specialized
: fotogramétrico
  • Jensen, J. R. and D. C. Cowen. 1999. Remote Sensing of Urban/Suburban Infrastructure and Socio-economic Attributes. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 65: 611-622.
  • aerial photogrammetric

Examples

  • GCDO has finished the first complete plan of the castle and is working with the University of Siena on a photogrammetric survey.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Koski et al. (1993) reviewed available aerial photogrammetric data along with rates of sightings of calves from ice-based observers.

    Academic text (1995)
  • So in all of these photogrammetric problems, that's an important point.

  • Another key component in the database is the use of photogrammetric images and GIS data.

    Academic text (2007)
  • And again, if this is an old photogrammetric problem which machine vision people have rediscovered and make a made a hash off.

  • The important next step is validation with other techniques such as visual assessment, biopsy sample measurements, and photogrammetric measurements of body width versus length using overhead images.

    Academic text (2018)
  • After the workflow was established and the SGCPs were established, the actual photogrammetric processing took about 4 person-hours and overnight processing on a high-end workstation.

    Academic text (2018)
  • Homer C, Huang C, Yang L, Wylie B, Coan M. 2004. Development of a 2001 national land cover database for the United States. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 70: 829-840.

    Academic text (2012)
  • This paper describes the data and photogrammetric methods used to construct both prestorm and poststorm digital elevation models (DEMs) for a portion of the eastern Florida coast using NOAA oblique aerial.

    Academic text (2018)
  • The engineers used photogrammetric methods to create accurate maps of the terrain for the construction project.

Surface Forms

photogrammetric positive

Morphology

photogrammetric = photogrammetry (semi-transparent) = photo + gram + metr + ic

The word is a regular technical adjective formed from 'photogrammetry' plus '-ic', but its meaning is only partly transparent to non-specialists.

Etymology

Photogrammetric comes from Greek parts: photo- meaning 'light', -gram meaning 'a record', and -metric meaning 'measure'. So photogrammetric work is 'measuring from pictures', which explains why it is used for mapping and surveying.