Excerpt from The Use of the Panoramic Camera in Topographic Surveying: With Notes on the Application of Photogrammetry to Aerial Surveys Alaska contains a greater proportion of mountains favorable for phototopographic surveying than the United States proper, and the method here described was there first tried out. Most of the surveys made in Alaska have been of either exploratory or reconnaissance character, and travel has been accomplished almost wholly by the use of pack animals and boats. 'in all these surveys, owing to ...
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Excerpt from The Use of the Panoramic Camera in Topographic Surveying: With Notes on the Application of Photogrammetry to Aerial Surveys Alaska contains a greater proportion of mountains favorable for phototopographic surveying than the United States proper, and the method here described was there first tried out. Most of the surveys made in Alaska have been of either exploratory or reconnaissance character, and travel has been accomplished almost wholly by the use of pack animals and boats. 'in all these surveys, owing to the expense and limited means of transportation, it was necessary to reduce the camp equipment and supplies to that amount which careful estimation and experience proved to be needful. The great weight of photographic plates presented an Obstacle to the use of plate cameras which, in the opinion of the writer, scarcely left a sufficient margin of gain to warrant their adoption for these surveys. Plate cameras also carried the Objection of a field Of view so narrow that seven or eight, exposures were necessary to photograph the entire horizon. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Washington: Government Printing Office
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1917
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