Land use on aerial photographs and large scale maps

Question 1

How do aerial photographs show the land

Answer 1

-They show the land from above

Question 2

What are the 2 types of aerial photographs

Answer 2

-Vertical and oblique

Question 3

Vertical aerial photographs

Answer 3

-Taken by a special plane
-Camera is mounted on the plane parallel to the ground
-Vertical aerial photographs give a map view of the ground

Question 4

Oblique aerial photographs

Answer 4

-Camera is fixed at an oblique to the ground from the plane
-Oblique photos show a view from the top but partly from the side