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Mr. Roger Read & Mr. Ron Graham |
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Description
Primary data acquisition is the front end of mapping, GIS and remote sensing and involves: aviation, navigation, photography, cameras (film and digital systems), GPS systems, surveying (ground control), photogrammetry, computerized systems and above all - keeping abreast of modern techniques. This new edition is:- thoroughly revised
- covers all the new technologies
- expanded to be comprehensive than ever
The book deals with differential GPS systems, survey flight management systems (both simple and sophisticated), film types, modern film survey cameras such as LH RC-30, Z/I RMK-TOP, digital cameras, infrared methods, laser profilers, airborne laser mapping, satellite systems, laboratory processing (chemical and digital), camera platforms (fixed wing and helicopter). A fresh approach to the subject includes: soft-copy photogrammetry using desk-top computerized systems, film scanners and direct digital camera inputs. Comparisons are made between old film-based technologies and the new digital camera systems, including the Z/I modular digital mapping camera and the LH 'push-broom' ADS 40 camera.
Readership
As with its predecessor, the Manual of Aerial Survey will be an invaluable aid to survey operators, aerial photographers, photogrammetrists, surveyors, cartographers and mapping scientists, GIS specialists and the new generation of 'desk-top' mapmakers. It will continue to be the standard reference for survey practitioners, civil engineers and planners, flight crews, and academics and students in surveying, photogrammetry, remote sensing, GIS and earth sciences.
Contents
Historical background -|- Definitions and requirements -|- Air camera instrumentation -|- Photographic material for aerial photography -|- Exposure for aerial photography -|- Air film processing -|- Photogrammetric requirements -|- Image quality -|- Aircraft and installations -|- Navigation sights -|- Mission planning -|- Operational procedures: first phase -|- Operational procedures: second phase -|- System-based survey navigation -|- Differential GPS (DGPS) -|- Oblique aerial photography -|- Airborne Laser Terrain Mapping (ALTM) -|- Current and future developments -|- Glossary.
Appendices Institutes and societies -|- Companies and suppliers -|- Abbreviations -|- Specifications for air survey -|- Basic formulae and relationships for mission planning -|- Conversion factors -|- General survey aircraft specifications and performance -|- Computer programs -|- Oblique scales -|- Constructing and using a self-made calibrated sensitometer. |
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'... this welcome revised edition. This is a practical book, written by two people active in the industry and serving as a vehicle for them to share their vast, personal knowledge and experience. ...This manual is an essential reference for anyone in the imagery acquisition business. It is comprehensive in its coverage, easy to navigate and useful for both the existing professional who needs to update his knowledge and the student who needs to gain background knowledge of the subject'.
The Photogrammetric Record
‘Writing a book on the acquisition of aerial imagery is a challenging task thanks to the rapid pace of technology, but Roger Read and Ron Graham have provided a comprehensive discussion on the past, present and future of aerial acquisition in their book, Manual of Aerial Survey.
...they have created a text that is useful for a wide audience. ... No text on aerial data acquisition would be complete without a thorough discussion of camera accuracy, aircraft platforms and mission planning. This text does an excellent job of presenting these topics in both an interesting and understandable fashion. It seems just right for the target audience and is ideal for the surveying or engineering professional who needs to understand what happens in the mapping shop once their project begins.
.Information is also provided on aircraft costing in this chapter. This should be required reading for all surveying and engineering professionals who work with mapping.
...Overall, the text is a great source of information relating to aerial acquisition and is a resource that I will gladly place on my bookshelf’. POB Magazine
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