The Application of Modern Techniques to Surveying and Mapping
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 July 2016
The employment of aircraft for surveying has become so usual, and so much has been written about it from one aspect or another, that perhaps the time is appropriate to define exactly what is meant by Air Survey; what the surveyor is trying to achieve, and how he is dependent upon the airman to obtain his objectives. To achieve good results from an air survey, closely integrated team work is required. The airman, photographer, instrument specialist, meteorologist and the surveyor each depend upon the other, any weakness in the chain making results more expensive and less effective. The author, as a surveyor, has worked in harmony for a good many years with the “air” side, and it is proposed in this paper to summarise the surveyor's approach and his requirements, and to explain why he seems never to be satisfied with the accuracy achieved. The greater the accuracy of photography, the simpler, quicker and cheaper become methods of using the results to fulfil the desired specification.
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