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The Use of GPS for Low-Cost Aerial Block Photography

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 October 2009

Bill Ekin
Bill Ekin
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(The University of Aberdeen)
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Abstract

Flight trials using an inexpensive Garmin GPS receiver, Century 1 autopilot and a Cessna F172H aircraft to acquire block aerial photography are described. The performance of the whole system in the maintenance of constant sidelap and forward lap in block aerial vertical photography was good. However, the system was not good enough to manoeuvre the aircraft accurately on curved flight paths.

Keywords

1. GPS.2. Sidelap.3. Forward overlap.4. Aerial block photography.
Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Navigation , Volume 48 , Issue 2 , May 1995 , pp. 239 - 248
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1995

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