aerial photo
Picture from above
An aerial photo is a photograph taken from above, typically from an aircraft, drone, or satellite.
Aerial photos are used in mapping, surveying, military reconnaissance, and real estate marketing: The aerial photos revealed ancient foundation walls invisible from the ground.
Also called aerial photograph or aerial shot.
- satelliteOrbiting celestial body
- Google EarthInteractive satellite map software
- droneUnmanned flying machine
- bird's eye viewElevated vantage point
- overheadLocated directly above
top down · landscape · urban sprawl · survey · mapping · altitude · flight path · terrain · helicopter · reconnaissance · land survey · cityscape · zoom · coastline · farmland · perspective · flying · clouds
- Geography Resourcesmap, maps, atlas, atlases, globe
- aerialflying trapeze, helicopter, hot air balloon, hang glider, paraglider
- mapping toolscompass rose, scale bar, graticule, coordinate grid, coordinates
- photojournalismpicture story, reportage, documentary series, front page, cover shot
- Satellite Imagerysatellite, bird's eye view, infrared image, radar image, composite image
- aerial mappingphotogrammetry, satellite imagery, satellite image, remote sensing, flyover
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