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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.