What is aerial photography?

Aerial photography, also known as aerial photography, refers to the technology of shooting ground scenes with aerial cameras on airplanes or other aviation aircraft. Aerial photography began in the 1950s in 19. The first photographer and balloonist who took aerial photography was the famous French photographer Nadal. Out of curiosity, the first aerial photograph was taken at 1856. At that time, the city photos taken from balloons with cameras were only ornamental, but they created the history of observing the earth from the air. 1909, W.Wright of the United States took the first photo of the ground from the plane. Since then, with the rapid development of aircraft and flight technology, cameras and photosensitive materials, the quality of aerial photographs has been greatly improved and their applications have become increasingly extensive. It is not only widely used in mapping, but also widely used in national economic construction, military, scientific research and many other fields.