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orthophotography

noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃erdʰ-der. Proto-Hellenic *ortʰwós Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthós)lbor. English ortho- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-) Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) French photographiebor. English photography English orthophotography From ortho- (“straight”) + photography.

  1. derived from photographiebor
  2. derived from *h₃erdʰ-der✻

Definitions

  1. The geometrical correction of aerial photographs so that their displayed distances are…

    The geometrical correction of aerial photographs so that their displayed distances are rendered uniform and can be measured like a map.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for orthophotography. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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