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New Zealand
In New Zealand photography has been carried out mainly for topography,
but the basic photography has also served foresty, geology, and other purposes,
trom 1948 to 1951 25,400 square miles (66,000 km 2 ) have been photographed at
at scale of 1:16,000 using the Williamson Eagle IV 9" x 7" camera with an 8|"
focal length.
Pakistan
A total area of 34,000 square miles (88,000 km 2 ) has been photographed since
1948. Almost all the photography was done by English companies. Equipment
and methods used are described in the various sections under “England”.
20,000 square miles (52,000 km 2 ) have been photographed for irrigation
purposes at scales between 1:25,000 and 1:40,000.
Photography for mineral prospecting has covered an area of 5,300 square
miles (14,000 km 2 ) at scales ranging from 1:16,000 to 1:40,000.
For soil conservation and drainage surveys, 2,100 square miles (5,400 km 2 )
have been photographed at a scale of 1:20,000.
2,000 square miles (5,200 km 2 ) have been photographed for coastal charting
and hydrographic purposes at a scale of 1:32,000.
For water power and river control purposes 1,800 square miles (4,700 km 2 )
have been photographed at scales between 1:16,000 and 1:50,000.
1,300 square miles (3,400 km 2 ) have been photographed at a scale of 1:23,000
for boundary delineation.
710 square miles (1,800 km 2 ) have been photographed for forestry at a
scale of 1:21,000.
Photography for use in connection with water and rail communications has
covered 545 square miles (1,400 km 2 ) at a scale of 1:28,000.
125 square miles (320 km 2 ) have been photographed for town planning at a
scale of 1:10,000.
Land utilization photography has covered 100 square miles (260 km 2 ) at
a scale of 1:32,000.
Sweden
From 1948-51, 104,000 km 2 (40,000 square miles) have been photographed.
Photography for topographical survey has covered 84,400 km 2 (33,000
square miles) mainly at a scale of 1:19,500. The camera chiefly used for this
work was the Zeiss RMK 20/3030; also used were the RMK 20-5/1818, and the
210 mm Wild RC-5. 20,000 km 2 (7,700 square miles) were photographed for
forestry, mainly at a scale of 1:19,500 although smaller areas were photographed
at scales as high as 1:2,000. The cameras used for forestry were the same as
those used for topography with the addition of the bairchild K19B and the
RMK 50/1818.
Switzerland
An area of 19,800 km 2 (7,600 square miles) has been covered since 1948.
Photography for topographic mapping covered 10,570 km 2 (4,100 square
miles) in Switzerland and 3,600 km 2 (1,400 square miles) in Austria at scales