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orthophoto en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English ortho- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos)der. English -graph English photographclip. English photo English orthophoto From ortho- + photo.

Meanings

1. An aerial photograph that has been geometrically corrected (orthorectified) such that the scale of the photograph is uniform, meaning that the photo can be considered equivalent to a map.
   • Orthophotos or orthophoto mosaics enhanced by additional symbolized, planimetric information are called orthophoto plans. An orthophoto plan with added contour lines is a modern mapping product, called an orthophoto map. 2012, T. J. Blachut, A. Chrzanowski, J. H. Saastamoinen, Urban Surveying and Mapping, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 293:

Forms

Relateds

orthophotography

Synonyms

orthophotograph · orthoimage

Translations (7)

pt ortofoto (geometrically corrected aerial photograph) · pl ortofotografia (geometrically corrected aerial photograph) · cs ortofotosnímek (geometrically corrected aerial photograph) · pt ortofotografia (geometrically corrected aerial photograph) · fi ortokuva (geometrically corrected aerial photograph) · de Orthofoto (geometrically corrected aerial photograph) · da ortofoto (geometrically corrected aerial photograph)