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orthophotography

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-004631

The practice of removing positional distortions (due to camera tilt, topographical relief, etc.) from an aerial photograph to produce an accurate image of the Earth's surface and equalize the distances represented on the image.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-004631
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectResearch, Technology, Methods
Synonymsorthoimagery
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsoaerial photography; base maps
TranslationsSpanish: ortofotografía
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-004631",
  "term": "orthophotography",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The practice of removing positional distortions (due to camera tilt, topographical relief, etc.) from an aerial photograph to produce an accurate image of the Earth's surface and equalize the distances represented on the image.",
  "synonyms": [
    "orthoimagery"
  ],
  "subject": "Research, Technology, Methods",
  "see_also": [
    "aerial photography",
    "base maps"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "ortofotografía"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/orthophotography/"
}

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