Starter quiz
- If a photograph is an aerial photograph, it means it ...
- has been taken from above. ✓
- has been taken at ground level.
- is in black and white.
- has been taken digitally.
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- Why should one label something outside the frame of the image?
- It might cover something up if placed inside the frame. ✓
- To show how important different labels are compared to each other.
- The text colour might not be visible against the colour of the image. ✓
- To make sure that the labels are read in the correct order.
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- 'Understanding the meaning of something' is a definition of ...
- analysis.
- interpretation. ✓
- label.
- subjectivity.
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- Which of these features would you not be able to see in a photograph?
- Wind speed ✓
- Land use
- Human activities
- Temperature ✓
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- If description relates to what, when, who, how and where, explanation relates to ______.
- 'why' ✓
- A geographer might need to analyse a photograph to understand the human and ______ features in it.
- 'physical' ✓
Exit quiz
- What type of photograph might be made up of lots of photographs stitched together?
- 'satellite image' ✓
- When geographers think more deeply about a photograph and the message it is trying to convey, they will think about how and why the photograph was taken. This is known as ______ analysis.
- 'critical' ✓
- Which of the following statements is true?
- A satellite image is a form of map.
- A label should contain a detailed explanation of something.
- Oblique aerial photographs can distort the size of features. ✓
- Photographs are an objective form of data.
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- Which of these is not a characteristic of a sketch?
- A title
- A key ✓
- Clean lines
- A frame
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Key learning points
- Geographers use different types of photographs to show different aspects of geography.
- Drawing a sketch from a photograph can be a good way of highlighting certain geographical features.
- Photographs rarely tell geographers everything about a place and so they use critical analysis to interpret them.
Common misconception
Students frequently confuse the aerial images seen through software such as Google Maps as a map, partly because they are frequently displayed alongside actual maps.
Maps are representations of the world and use symbols and cartographic language to present certain characteristics of a place (and not others). Aerial photographs are indiscriminate views of the world and do not select certain aspects of geography.
Keywords
Oblique aerial photograph - an aerial photograph where the camera is at an angle to Earth’s surface
Vertical aerial photograph - a photograph taken straight down from the air, showing a view of Earth’s surface
Annotation - a comment used to describe and explain things that might not necessarily be seen in an image
Critical analysis - thinking more widely about an image to gain a deeper understanding of it