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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

INDEX

The Face of the Earth as Seen from the Air

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