Photographs - Geography

Photographs in the study of Geography. Ground-Level, Oblique, Vertical aerial, Satellite imagery

1. Photographs Geography
Skills in Geography

2. Photographs for Geographers
Geographers use photographs for:
Describing the natural and human
environment
Compare different places around the world
Show how places change overtime
Save many words by when describing
features in our world

3. What are these photographs showing us?

4. Types of Photographs
Ground-Level Photograph Oblique Photograph
Vertical Photograph
Satellite Imagery

6. Ground-Level Photographs
Shows an area as if we were standing
and looking at the site.
Features in the foreground usually
appear larger and features further away
appear smaller

7. FOREGROUND
BACKGROUND

8. What interactions are shown in this
Photograph?

9. Oblique Photographs
Photographs that are taken at a high
point taken at an angle.
These can be taken from aircraft such as a
plane or hot air balloon.
Can also be taken from a cliff looking down
at an oblique angle
Using this angle we are able to discover
more of the features in the background

10. Oblique Photos allow the viewer to see more in the
background then Ground-level Photos
Randwick
Racecourse
UNSW
Eastern
Suburbs
Pacific
Ocean

12. Vertical Photographs
Usually taken from a specially equipped
plane with a camera mounted
underneath – pointing straight down.
The maximum tilt of the camera is 3° degrees, If
it goes over this angle it will be classified as an
oblique photograph
These photos will show less detail but
more area of the environment

13. Check the shading on the baseball stadium, this shows it
has been taken at a specific time of the day

16. Satellite Imagery
A satellite is an object that orbits a
planet. These are able to capture larger
areas of the Earth’s Surface.
Gathering information from satellites is
called Remote Sensing.

17. Satellite Imagery shows more land area but less detail

18. Google Earth Satellite Imagery
Google use satellite imagery to display its
maps online:
Visit Google Earth’s Website - http://earth.google.com/

19. Photographs show changes overtime -seasonal

20. Changes in time during the day
Gold Coast, QLD Sunrise

21. Gold Coast QLD, Daytime

22. Gold Coast QLD, Night time

23. Changes in different time
periods
Glebe Island Bridge

24. 1995 – Anzac Bridge
2008 – glebe and Anzac
Bridge

25. Case Example – Palm Beach

29. Investigation Questions
1. Which type of photograph shows the most detail of the
features? Why?
2. What are the advantages of the oblique photo
compared to the Ground photo of Palm Beach
3. What are the differences between the ground photo
and the vertical photo?
4. Describe the interactions between human and physical
environments in the oblique photo.

30. Photographs can be used to draw
line sketches

31. How to make a line drawing using
Photographs

34. Photographs can be used to make
Sketch (Land-use) maps

36. Photographs can be used with maps