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Aerial Photography

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Despite all technical progress in digital imaging, interpretations of standard aerial photographic images remain an important remote-sensing tool. Aerial photography can address a multitude of geoscientific questions and can be highly effective when used for logistics and planning (Böker & Kühn, 1992). The cost of aerial photography is rather low. The data are informative, easy to manage, and the film does not require special image processing resources for analysis.

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    Dietmar Schmidt

  2. Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe, Stilleweg 2, D-30655, Hannover

    Dr. Friedrich Kühn

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Schmidt, D., Kühn, F. (2007). Aerial Photography. In: Environmental Geology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74671-3_3

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