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What Are The Marketing Benefits Of Aerial Photography?

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Aerial photography has gained quite a popularity in various sectors. It would be right to say that this innovation has leveled up the photography industry. Aerial photography provides a bird’s eye view of a location, scene, object, or subject. It is popularly used in industries such as real estate, engineering, and more such businesses for marketing purposes, as it showcases the main focal point of the image while including the surrounding area. For instance, it is used in real estate for showcasing a property for sale. Aerial photography, in this case, is used to obtain an image that covers the whole property at once and captures the area surrounding it. So many events and even weddings are covered using aerial photography that captures the whole crowd. Other substantial uses of aerial photography are evident in environmental assessment, mapping, and construction.   Conventional or ground photography enables a photographer to capture an event or object from various angles while the

What Is Aerial Photography and Its Interpretation?

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As the name suggests, aerial photography means capturing photos from that air. It is one of the most common, versatile, and economic forms of remote sensing. It is a way of fixing the time within the framework of space. It is one of the first methods of remote sensing and is even used nowadays in the time of satellites and electronic sensors. Aerial photographs were first taken as early as the 1800s using balloons and kites. In 1858, Gasper Felix Tournachon took the first aerial photograph using a captive balloon from an altitude of 1,200 feet in Paris. These photos can be captured using any camera. However, the study of large areas requires high geometric and radiometric accuracy that can only be achieved using cameras that are specially built. An object looks even smaller on a smaller scale photograph as compared to a larger-scale photograph. Large-scale aerial photographs provide a high-resolution view of a smaller area. Applications of aerial photography are wide including geol