The Earth as Seen from the Air
by Willis T. Lee
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About this eBook
- Author
- Lee, Willis T. (Willis Thomas), 1864-1926
- Title
- The Face of the Earth as Seen from the Air A Study in the Application of Airplane Photography to Geography
- Credits
- Produced by Chuck Greif, ellinora and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- TR: Technology: Photography
- Subject
- Aerial photography
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 62068
- Release Date
- May 9, 2020
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE FACE OF THE EARTH AS SEEN FROM THE AIR
- 2.CONTENTS
- 3.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- 4.INTRODUCTION — Airplane Photography: Its Development and Application — Acknowledgments
- 5.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
- 6.CHAPTER II FAMILIAR SCENES FROM A NEW ANGLE ( Figs. 1, 3, and 4 )
- 7.CHAPTER III ARCHITECTURE, LANDSCAPE GARDENING, AND ENGINEERING ( Figs. 5 to 14 ) — Architecture and Landscape Gardening — Engineering Projects Covering Large Areas
- 8.CHAPTER IV THE MOSAIC ( Figs. 13 and 22 )
- 9.CHAPTER V GENERAL ASPECTS OF THE SURFACE AS SEEN FROM THE AIR ( Figs. 12 to 18 )
- 10.CHAPTER VI MARSHES AND MARSH DRAINAGE ( Figs. 19 to 27 ) — Marsh Drainage — “ Thoroughfares ”
- 11.CHAPTER VII COASTAL MUD FLATS ( Figs. 28 and 29 )
- 12.CHAPTER VIII SUBMERGED LAND FORMS ( Figs. 30 to 33 ) — The Best Conditions for Photographing Underwater Land Forms
- 13.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
- 14.CHAPTER X MOUNTAIN FEATURES ( Figs. 42 to 52 )
- 15.CHAPTER XI AIR CRAFT IN THE STUDY OF ROCKS AND ORES ( Fig. 53 ) — Use in Exploration
- 16.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
- 17.INDEX
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