Talk:Aerial photography

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Contents 1 Number of photographs 2 External Links 3 Professional Aerial Photographers Galleries 4 Makeover needed 5 Unknown

[edit] Number of photographs

The number of photographs on this page seems disproportionate to the amount of data in it. TheStripèdOne 19:21, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

I've removed two images (road intersection and Moreton Island) which I don't think are of particular quality and don't add to the article. The article could be improved with an historic aerial photograph, a photo used for map making and a satellite image. Beechhouse (talk) 16:20, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] External Links

Quite a few commercial sites are listed in the external links section. Steel359, what makes the one I added unacceptable? http://www.satimagingcorp.com/gallery-orthorectified.html

All those sites advertising aerial photos and services (including yours) are not acceptable in an encyclopedia so I have removed them. WP is not a Trade Directory! Sorry! - Adrian Pingstone 22:22, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

The external links again contain some commercial links which I have not removed, but they could be replaced with other, non-commercial sites if anyone has suggestions? Beechhouse (talk) 14:28, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

I am new to the WIKI, and would like to understand how some links are allowed and some disallowed.

For example, Jason Hawkes, while having a very nice commercial site is allowed to have his link, but others, including mine, are disallowed? Davewarwick (talk) 18:30, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

All external linked sites that are commercial should not be linked. While some slip through for a while they usually get removed at some stage. Davewarwick have a look at this page specifically #5 in the "Links normally to be avoided" section, that I already posted on your talk page nearly two weeks ago, for a better understanding of what is allowed and what is not. Also when you say "mine" in referring to the link you wanted to add, are you associated with this site, or do you mean that it was just a link of yours that you wanted to add? In the former case, besides the commercial aspect, there would a conflict of interest but I am not exactly sure which you mean. Hope that helps. While Beechhouse did not remove the other commercial sites I will go through it and remove any that are commercial and possibly add a {{dmoz}} link though there are many commercial links there too, so it may not be a suitable alternative. Cheers ww2censor (talk) 20:06, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

I've taken out the dmoz link for now as it wasn't going to a valid page. The dmoz site seems to list mostly commercial sites so I didn't find a specific category to link to. Beechhouse (talk) 16:37, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Seems like a good choice in this case. We just need to keep an eye on any new links that are added in future. Thanks ww2censor (talk) 20:52, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Professional Aerial Photographers Galleries

Galleries of various professional aerial photographers would be interesting to site visitors:

Here is one I am familiar with (none of my work is included in this gallery) http://www.aerialarts.com/Gallery_/gallery_.html Davewarwick (talk) 18:41, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Makeover needed

Wow, does this need a makeover. How about:

history

• development of balloon photography
• early use of airplanes
• use in WWI (expand existing)
• growth after WWI (many links in links section will help)
• commericalization
• use in WW2
• expansion/transition to satellite photography

technique

• photo rectification and orthophotos
• stereo photography
• false-color photography

industry today

• industry leaders
• consolidation
• competition from satellite sources
• integrate info on model airplane photography

other (not where to put it)

• relation to field of remote sensing
• archives
• international expansion (I only really know US; I assume history and current status elsewhere is varied)

--Natcase 20:40, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Unknown

Dedicated aerial platforms such as the U2, SR-71, TR-1, RF-4C, and the OV-1D use the following: vertical, oblique, forward, and panoramic. Espionage is associated with Human Intelligence. Aerial platforms either reconnoiter an area for the first time or surveil previously covered areas. Since the advent of the SAM, reconnaisance became a thing of the past, most collection was then geared toward stand-off monitoring of border areas. Photo mosaics are part of the imagery analyst's skills for briefing or mission planning purposes. Photogrammetry is only one of many skills used by the imagery analyst. Terrain analysis is obtained by low-resolution stereographic coverage. Military terrain analysts deal with trafficability(incline grades). Imagery analysts use terrain features to detect numerous types of sites. 256 shades are part of the gray scale, black & white is preferred by IA's because of the detail. Low resolution coverage is also useful in surveying large areas and with a topographic criteria being met, multispectral imagery can be cued economically to further examination of potential archeological sites. Uav's are also used. Army Imagery Analyst(MOS 96D)retiredRadical man 7 15:24, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Interesting, and probably should be added. But surely satellites had more impact in reducing the value of reconnaissance flights than SAM missiles? Regards, Ben Aveling 11:51, 22 December 2007 (UTC)