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CE_203
Photogrammetry

1) In an area the terrain elevation varies between 200 m to 500 m above mean sea
level. The focal length of the camera is 150 mm and the flying height is 4500 m.
calculate the maximum scale, minimum scale, Average scale and datum scale.
2) Calculate the scale of a vertical aerial photograph on which a section line is
measured as 150.62 mm. This line was found to be 10.69 cm on a map of the same
area at a scale of 1:150000.
3) Three points P, Q and R were chosen on a vertical aerial photograph. On a
contoured map their elevation was found to be 1400m, 900 m and 1100 m above
mean sea level. If the flying height of the air craft above mean sea level is 3500 m
and the focal length of the camera lens is 160 mm, calculate the average scale of
the aerial photograph.
4) Two ground points P and Q appear on an aerial photograph as p and q respectively.
The photograph was taken from a camera of 220 mm focal length from an altitude
of 2800 m. Calculate the distance between points P and Q on the ground. Photo
coordinate of point a and b were measured as under:
Point

Photo coordinate
x (mm)

y (mm)

+23.8

+16.4

-13.6

-29.7

5) Image of a tower appears in photograph taken from an elevation of 800 m above the
datum. The radial distance of top and bottom of the tower from the principal point
is observed as 112.2 and 81.6 mm respectively. The bottom of the tower is at 250
m. Calculate the height of the tower.
6) A ground point that is 230 m above the mean sea level imaged at 34.8 mm from
the principal point. Calculate the relief displacement if the flying height is 1600m
above the mean sea level.

7) A camera having focal length of 200mm is to be used to take vertical photograph of

a terrain having an average elevation of 2000 m. At what height above the datum
the air craft should fly to have photograph scale as 1:5000 scales.
8) A straight reach of canal between two stations P and Q that are 618.9 m apart has
been imaged as a and b on a photograph with 220 mm focal length.. The elevation
of P and Q are 400 m and 600 m respectively above mean sea level. Calculate the
flying height if the photo coordinate of point a and b are measured as under:
Point

Photo coordinate
x (mm)

y (mm)

+23.8

+16.4

-13.6

-29.7

9) An area having 40 km in the north south direction and 36 km in east west

direction is to be surveyed photogrammetrically. For this aerial photography is to
be made with the following basic data. Size of the photograph , 20 cm x 20 cm,
Average scale of photograph 1:15000, aeverage elevation of the terrain 450 m, end
lap 60 %, side lap 30 %, ground speed of the air craft 220 km /hr, focal length of
the camera lens 30 cm. Calculate the flying height of the aircraft, number of
photograph in each flight (strip), number of flights (strips ), Total number of
photographs, spacing of flight lines, ground distance between exposures, and
exposure interval.
10) In a pair of overlapping aerial photograph the mean distance between the two
principal points lying on the datum is 6.385 cm. The flying height of the aircraft at
the time of the photography was 580 m above the datum. The focal length of the
camera is 150 mm. Calculate the difference of parallax for top and bottom of tower
of 115 m having base in the datum surface.
11) The mean principal base of a pair of photograph taken from an altitude of 5500 m
above mean sea level is 92 mm. The difference between two points is 1.50 mm. If
the elevation of the lower point is 480 m above the mean sea level, calculate the
elevation of the higher point.
12) The parallax bar reading of two points P and Q having elevations 560 m and 482 m
are 14.54 mm and 13.85 mm. The mean principal base of the photograph is 88.4
mm. Parallax bar reading to the third point R is 14.13 mm. Calculate the flying
height of the aircraft and elevation of the point R.