BASIC PRINCIPLES OF AERIAL PHOTO INTERPRETATION

Paper Code: 
RES131
Contact Hours: 
90.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

OBJECTIVE: To provide geography a sound philosophical and theoretical base, and to make its methodology objective and scientific.

Unit I: 

  • Development of Aerial Photography
  • Introduction to Aerial Photography                                                               
  • Fundamental principles of Aerial photography
  • Types of Aerial Photography
  • Factors affecting photo images
  • Photo Mosaics and its significance
  • Stereoscopic vision and its conditions
  • Study of a Stereoscope                             
  • Application of the instrument

 

Geometry of Aerial Photography                                                                      

  • Basic principles of Photography                                                                       
  • Relief displacement                                                                                         
  • Tilt distortion              

Scale of Aerial photography

•   Introduction to Scale of Aerial Photography                     
•   Vertical Exaggeration                                 
•   Flight planning                                

Essential Readings: 
  •  Campbell, J. B. (2002): Introduction to Remote Sensing. 5th edition. Taylor and  Francis,     London.
  •  Cracknell, A and Hayes, L. (1990): Remote Sensing Year Book, Taylor and Francis,London
  • Curran, P.J. (1985): Principles of Remote Sensing, Longman, London.
  • Deekshatulu, B.L. and Rajan, Y.S. (ed.) (1984): Remote Sensing. Indian Academy of 
  • Science, Bangalore.
  •  Floyd, F. and Sabins, Jr. (1986): Remote Sensing: Principles and Interpretation, W.H.
  • Freeman, New York.
  •  Guham, P. K. (2003): Remote Sensing for Beginners. Affiliated East-West Press Private
  • Ltd., New Delhi.
  • Hallert, B. (1960): Photogrammetry, McGraw Hill Book Company Inc., New York
       Lillesand, T.M. and Kiefer, R.W. (2000): Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation. 4th
  • edition. John Wiley and Sons, New York.
        IIS (deemed to be University), Jaipur

 

Academic Year: 
2019-2020