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This document contains 9 questions related to photogrammetry assignments on analyzing vertical aerial photographs taken for engineering projects. It includes calculating photo scales at different elevations, determining distances and areas on photos, and defining photogrammetry terms like the differences between map and photo scales, types of photographs, and sources of tilt in vertical photos.

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01 Assignment (1) - Photogrammetry-Vertical Photograph

This document contains 9 questions related to photogrammetry assignments on analyzing vertical aerial photographs taken for engineering projects. It includes calculating photo scales at different elevations, determining distances and areas on photos, and defining photogrammetry terms like the differences between map and photo scales, types of photographs, and sources of tilt in vertical photos.

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Ministry of Higher Education Maps, GIS & Remote Sensing

Delta Higher Institute for Engineering Course Code: CIW 321


and Technology Level – 4
Civil Engineering Department Fall, 2022/2023

Assignment No. (1)


Photogrammetry - Vertical Photograph

1- A vertical aerial photograph was taken from a flying height of 12,000 feet above datum
with a camera having a focal length of 209.72 mm. Highest, lowest, and average terrain
appearing in the photograph is at 6,650, 3,085 and 4,800 feet respectively. Calculate
minimum, maximum, and average photographic scale.
2- The horizontal distance AB between the centers of two street intersections was
measured on the ground as 402 m. Corresponding line ab appears on a vertical
photograph and measures 95.8 mm. What is the photo scale at the average ground
elevation of this line?
3- On a vertical photograph the length of an airport runway measures 160 mm. On a map
that is plotted at a scale of 1:24,000, the runway is measured as 103 mm. What is the
scale of the photograph at runway elevation?
4- A vertical photograph taken from an elevation of 535 m above mean sea level (MSL)
contains the image of a tall vertical radio tower. The elevation at the base of the tower
is 259 m above MSL. The relief displacement d of the tower was measured as 54.1
mm, and the radial distance to the top of the tower from the photo center was 121.7
mm. What is the height of the tower?
5- The images a and b of two ground points A and B were identified on a vertical
photograph taken with a 152.4-mm focal length camera. The photo-coordinates of
points a and b are xa = 4.55 cm, ya = -5.62 cm, xb = 8.25 cm, and yb = -7.75 cm.
Ground elevations above datum for points A and B are 400 m and 450 m, respectively
and the horizontal distance between A and B is 1000 m. Find the flying height of the
aircraft above datum.
6- Images a, b, and c of ground points A, B, and C appear on a vertical photograph taken
from a flying height of 2625 m above datum. A 153.16-mm-focal-length camera was
used. Points A, B, and C have elevations of 407 m, 311 m, and 379 m above datum,
respectively. Measured photo coordinates of the images are xa = –60.2 mm, ya = 47.3
mm, xb = 52.4 mm, yb = 80.8 mm, xc = 94.1 mm, and yc = – 79.7 mm. Calculate the
horizontal lengths of lines AB, BC, and AC and the area within triangle ABC in
hectares.
Ministry of Higher Education Maps, GIS & Remote Sensing
Delta Higher Institute for Engineering Course Code: CIW 321
and Technology Level – 4
Civil Engineering Department Fall, 2022/2023

7- The distance on a map between two road intersections in flat terrain measures 43.6
mm. The distance between the same two points is 83.0 mm on a vertical photograph.
If the scale of the map is 1:50,000, what is the scale of the photograph?
If the intersections occur at an average elevation of 278 m above sea level. If the camera
had a focal length of 209.6 mm, what is the flying height above sea level for this photo?
8- On a vertical photograph, images a and b of ground points A and B have photographic
coordinates xa = –12.68 mm, ya = 70.24 mm, xb = 89.07 mm, and yb = –92.41 mm.
The horizontal distance between A and B is 1317 m, and the elevations of A and B are
382 m and 431 m above datum, respectively. Calculate the flying height above datum
if the camera had a 152.5-mm focal length.
9- Answer the following Questions
a. What is meant by word “Photogrammetry?”
b. Define the Photogrammetry
c. Compare between map and photograph.
d. What are the different types of photographs?
e. Differentiate between terrestrial and aerial photographs
f. Compare between vertical and oblique aerial photographs, use sketches
g. Define the following terms
- Fiducial marks - Nadir
- Principle Point
h. The vertical photograph is rarely obtained. Illustrate the causes and what are
different sources of tilt using sketches.

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