SKYVIEW CANADA — A Story of Aerial Photography in Canada
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Characteristics
| Book cover finish(es) | Hardcover ( square back binding ) |
| Special Features | Dust jacket |
| Condition | Great with normal time wear |
| Author(s) | Don W. Thomson |
| Publisher |
© Crown Copyrights reserved |
| Number of pages | 270 |
| Published date | 1975 |
| Language(s) | English |
| Size | 22 x 28.8 x 2 cm |
| Categorie(s) | • AVIATION CIVILE • BEAUX-LIVRES |
Description
As G. S. Andrews, formerly Surveyor General of British Columbia, has stated, "Of all technical developments which have contributed to the advance of modern surveying and mapping, airborne photography of the earth's surface has been, without question, the most significant and the most revolutionary." But the revolutionary impact of aerial photography has extended to many other fields of constructive activity. In matters of forest inventory and forest disease prevention work, in the study of field crop diseases, soil analysis and soil classification, in highway and railway location, in the tasks of national defence, in wildlife census work, in combatting water pollution as well as in countless other ways the air photo has proved to be a tool of special importance to human progress during the past six decades. Canada has been in the forefront of this photographic revolution.
In SKYWAY CANADA Don W. Thomson, author of the MEN AND MERIDIANS series, has recounted the absorbing story of Canadian enterprise, under governmental auspices and in the private sector, in developing this relatively new art and science for the benefit of humanity and to the marked advantage of this country. The narrative begins with the first faltering steps taken by pioneers in various countries, including Canada, to marry the camera and the airborne vehicle in order to provide man with a bird's eye view of his environment.