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camera, photogrammetric

Posted By Rae Kelley 08-29-2024 10:34 AM
Found In : Glossary

A camera used in any of the several branches of photogrammetry. It is usually considered the same as a metric camera.

camera, panoramic

Posted By Rae Kelley 08-29-2024 10:33 AM
Found In : Glossary

A camera which takes a partial or complete panoramic photograph of the terrain. Some designs contain a lens system and slot-like aperture which rotate about an axis perpendicular to the optical axis, the photographic film remaining fixed in position during the exposure. Other designs place a rotating ...

camera, non metric

Posted By Rae Kelley 08-29-2024 10:33 AM
Found In : Glossary

A camera not designed specifically for use in photogrammetry.

camera, multispectral

Posted By Rae Kelley 08-29-2024 10:32 AM
Found In : Glossary

A camera designed for taking a number of pictures simultaneously, each in a different part of the spectrum. SEE ALSO camera, multiband.

camera, multiple lens

Posted By Rae Kelley 08-29-2024 10:30 AM
Found In : Glossary

A camera having two or more objective lenses and shutters arranged at fixed angles to cover, together, a wide field of view when the shutters are opened and closed together.

camera, multiple-camera-assembly

Posted By Rae Kelley 08-29-2024 10:29 AM
Found In : Glossary

SEE assembly, multiple-camera.

camera, multiband

Posted By Rae Kelley 08-29-2024 10:29 AM
Found In : Glossary

A camera able to take several different photographs at the same time, each photograph being taken in a different part of the spectrum (e.g., in the visible, near infrared and far infrared parts). A common form has several objective lenses close together, each being followed by its own filters and focusing ...

camera, metric

Posted By Rae Kelley 08-29-2024 10:28 AM
Found In : Glossary

A camera constructed so that its photographic characteristics remain do not change from photograph to photo-graph and the image is as little distorted as possible. I.e., a camera whose calibration constants remain constant over long periods of time and which gives minimal distortion. Also called a ...

camera, geodetic stellar

Posted By Rae Kelley 08-29-2024 10:25 AM
Found In : Glossary

A terrestrial camera used to photograph lighted objects or lights at considerable distances above the ground and against a background of stars. The object may be the Moon, a flare, a light carried on an artificial satellite, etc. Glass plates are usually used instead of film.

camera, double

Posted By Rae Kelley 08-29-2024 10:25 AM
Found In : Glossary

An assemblage of two equal cameras placed so that their optical axes are parallel to each other and are perpendicular to the line joining their inner focal points. If the cameras are both capable of taking pictures that can be treated photogrammetrically to give accurate results, they are often called ...

camera, direct scanning

Posted By Rae Kelley 08-29-2024 10:24 AM
Found In : Glossary

A panoramic camera in which the lens system swings or rotates about the rear nodal point at a given rate.

camera, copying

Posted By Rae Kelley 08-29-2024 10:23 AM
Found In : Glossary

SEE copying camera.

camera, convergent

Posted By Rae Kelley 08-29-2024 10:23 AM
Found In : Glossary

An assemblage of two cameras mounted so as to have a fixed angle between their optical axes, and taking pictures simultaneously. The angular coverage is greater than that obtainable by a single camera of the given type - usually along the axis of the aircraft carrying the assemblage.

camera, continuous strip

Posted By Rae Kelley 08-28-2024 02:47 PM
Found In : Glossary

A camera in which the film moves continuously past a slit in the focal plane in synchronism with the motion of the scene past the camera and producing a photograph in one unbroken length. In particular, an aerial camera in which the film moves at a rate proportional to the speed of the aircraft and ...

camera, charge coupled device

Posted By Rae Kelley 08-28-2024 02:46 PM
Found In : Glossary

SEE camera, CCD.

camera, CCD

Posted By Rae Kelley 08-28-2024 02:46 PM
Found In : Glossary

A camera in which the light-detecting elements are charge-coupled devices (CCDs). SEE ALSO device, charge-coupled.

camera, ballistic

Posted By Rae Kelley 08-28-2024 02:45 PM
Found In : Glossary

(1) A camera used for photographing rockets or missiles, and producing photographs with sufficient metric fidelity that the object's trajectory can be determined photogrammetrically. Erroneously called a tracking camera. A ballistic camera may be of the fixed or the tracking type. A fixed ballistic ...

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