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AIR SURVEY PHOTOGRAPHY: EDUCATIONAL INNOVATION 
  
K.B.ATKINSON 
University College London 
R.W.GRAHAM 
Aerial Imaging Systems Lid. 
and 
R.HEPTON 
PhotoAir 
United Kingdom 
ISPRS Commission VI 
Abstract 
  
In 1991, University College London introduced a new course leading to 
the UCL Certificate in Air Survey Photography. The course has been 
organised in conjunction with Aerial Imaging Systems Ltd. and 
PhotoAir and, together, the three participating organisations provide 
expertise and equipment for practical flying, and photographic and 
photogrammetric experience for students. The paper sets out the aims 
and content of the course and gives biographical details of typical 
students who have been among the first to enjoy this unique educational 
opportunity. 
Key Words: Air Survey, Camera, Education, Navigation, Photography. 
INTRODUCTION 
As a vocational subject, mapping and its associated 
disciplines can only be considered in terms of a wide 
variety of scholarly pursuits and practical skills. In 
purely academic terms the subject has, for the main 
part, been dominated by photogrammetry and 
cartography. Yet for all of their importance to 
topographic mapping, the subject starts elsewhere, in 
the acquisition of the primary data by means of air 
survey photography. 
In educational terms, air survey photography has 
usually been a poor relation when compared to the 
rest of the mapping fraternity. Perhaps the root cause 
for this lies with the subject itself for a mixture of 
skills and experience has seemingly been sufficient in 
the past. Experienced aircrew and highly skilled 
laboratory technicians have always been to hand, 
often "borrowed" from other fields and disciplines.