Aerial PhotographsCalculating the time of year on an aerial photograph

 

It is possible to judge the time of year from looking at a photograph.

When answering always give a few reasons and say where on the photo

your indicators are. 

Summertime

Trees will be covered with leaves (Deciduous only)

Crops will be ripening (Golden barley)

Animals will be in the fields

Rivers may be low

DON’T SAY ‘IT’S SUNNY- IT CAN BE SUNNY IN WINTER TOO!

Wintertime

Trees will have lost their leaves

Fields may be ploughed

No animals in the fields                  Recognising large buildings from the air

 

1.     Schools          Schools can be recognised by the playing

fields/courts/playgrounds outside them. They are generally not very

large.

2.     Shopping Centres          These will be very large, usually on the

outskirts of large towns. They will also have very large car parks

(Normally busy)

3.     Hospitals          These are quite large multi storey buildings with

large car parks. Quite often they are ‘H’ shaped (because of the various

wings) Large hospitals may also have helipads and a fleet of ambulances.

4.     Factories          These are usually large buildings that have large

yards alongside. The yards may be full of their product/pallets/Lorries

etc. Factory roofs are generally light in colour.

Types of houses

1.     Bungalows A house on its own, with only the ground floor.

2.     Detached   A house on its own, not attached. Generally two storey,

generally in rural areas.

3.     Semi-Detached   Two houses joined together.

4.     Terraced   A row of houses, usually in an estate, or along a street.

5.    Apartments/Flats     Dwellings built on top of one another. (Usually

in urban areas where land is scarce/expensive)Locating large buildings on a photograph

You may be asked where on a photograph you would locate a new, large

building. ( e.g. School, factory, hotel etc).

Points you should note are-

Choose a large unbuilt on area (plenty of room for extension/car parks

etc)

Choose somewhere close, but not too close to a town (for

workers/students etc)

Choose somewhere close to a main road (easy access)

Choose somewhere with flat land (easy to build on)

A scenic area (for a hotel)

Reasons why someone would object to a large building

 

Spoil the scenery/wildlife

Create pollution (factory)

Create traffic problems

Affect business (large shopping centre)