The Face of the Earth as Seen from the Air / A Study in the Application of Airplane Photography to Geography
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Chapters (146)
- THE FACE OF THE EARTH AS SEEN FROM THE AIR
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- INTRODUCTION
- Airplane Photography: Its Development and Application
- Acknowledgments
- CHAPTER I THE VIEWPOINT (Figs. 1 to 4)
- Oblique and Vertical Airplane Photographs
- Elements to Be Recorded
- How to Read Airplane Photographs
- Failure of Air Photographs to Show Relief, and Measures to Remedy This Defect
- CHAPTER II FAMILIAR SCENES FROM A NEW ANGLE (Figs. 1, 3, and 4)
- CHAPTER III ARCHITECTURE, LANDSCAPE GARDENING, AND ENGINEERING (Figs. 5 to 14)
- Architecture and Landscape Gardening
- Engineering Projects Covering Large Areas
- CHAPTER IV THE MOSAIC (Figs. 13 and 22)
- CHAPTER V GENERAL ASPECTS OF THE SURFACE AS SEEN FROM THE AIR (Figs. 12 to 18)
- CHAPTER VI MARSHES AND MARSH DRAINAGE (Figs. 19 to 27)
- Marsh Drainage
- “Thoroughfares”
- CHAPTER VII COASTAL MUD FLATS (Figs. 28 and 29)
- CHAPTER VIII SUBMERGED LAND FORMS (Figs. 30 to 33)
- The Best Conditions for Photographing Underwater Land Forms
- CHAPTER IX THE PLAIN FROM THE AIR (Figs. 34 to 41)
- A River on the Great Plains
- Meandering Streams on the Coastal Plain
- The Glacial Drift Plain
- CHAPTER X MOUNTAIN FEATURES (Figs. 42 to 52)
- CHAPTER XI AIR CRAFT IN THE STUDY OF ROCKS AND ORES (Fig. 53)
- Use in Exploration
- CHAPTER XII MAPPING AND CHARTING FROM THE AIR (Figs. 54 to 82)
- Scale and Horizontal Control Of Vertical Photographs
- Use in City Mapping
- Use in Revision of Existing Maps
- Use in Coast Charting
- Experiments by the United States, French, And Other Coast Surveys
- Improvements Under Way Point to Promising Outlook for Airplane Photography
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