photointerpretationn.
/ˌfəʊtəʊɪntəːprᵻˈteɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌfoʊdoʊənˌtərprəˈteɪʃ(ə)n/ Surveying and Geography.
The practice or an act of interpreting photographs of the ground taken in the air or in space; (also) an interpretation of this kind.
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1923 Photogrammetric Engin. 8 27 The..function of exploiting and developing the intelligence from the aerial photos falls within the sphere of photo interpretation units.
1959 Proc. Geologists' Assoc. 70 144 It may be necessary..to complete a preliminary photo-interpretation before planning ground traverses.
1966 Daily Tel. 20 Aug. 14/5 These pictures will form stereo-pairs and can be analysed by standard techniques of photo-interpretation to give maximum information about the terrain.
2000 Canad. Jrnl. Remote Sensing 26 254 The landforms included ground moraine..and lake beds. The photo interpretations were confirmed by field data.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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