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This document provides information about interpreting geographic photographs for a 10th grade geography class. It discusses the types of photographs used in geography, including landscape, vertical aerial, and oblique aerial photographs. It provides guidance on interpreting key features in photographs like relief, drainage, and vegetation. Students are instructed to read slides, complete online activities, take notes, and ask questions for clarification.

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PHOTOGRAphs

This document provides information about interpreting geographic photographs for a 10th grade geography class. It discusses the types of photographs used in geography, including landscape, vertical aerial, and oblique aerial photographs. It provides guidance on interpreting key features in photographs like relief, drainage, and vegetation. Students are instructed to read slides, complete online activities, take notes, and ask questions for clarification.

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Queen’s College

Social Studies Department


Geography
Grade Ten (10)
Topic: PHOTOGRAPHS
 Students must read the information provided on the slides.
 Students
are REQUIRED to complete and submit all activities
on Edmodo.
 Students must write or insert a printed copy of the information
in their Geography exercise books.
 Studentswho may have queries can send a direct message to the
teacher on Edmodo.
Introduction

Photographs have always played a major role in geographical


studies. Ever since the invention of photography in the 1830’s, it
has been assumed that photographs are perfectly suited to help us
answer that eminent geographical question, “what is the place
like?”. Photographs are a good way of reading the environment.
Unlike maps which uses symbols and colours, photographs shows
the actual features. Photographs show both the physical and
human features. You will learn how to read photographs
geographically.
PHOTOGRAPHS
A photograph is an image of an object which is recorded
by a camera and then printed on paper or, is a picture
taken by means of chemical lights prepared on a special
paper.
Geographic photographs differ from other types of
photographs. They are taken to depict and present
place or a particular feature of the landscape for the
purpose of demonstrating an aspect that you are studying.
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Types of
Photographs

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This is also known as ground level photographs.

It is taken on the ground.

It gives a horizontal view of a place.


Landscape
photograph This type of photograph focuses on one main feature and its
details.

This type of photograph shows a clearer, bigger picture of an


area for study purposes.

They provide information on both the physical and human


environment.
Landscape Photograph
Vertical Aerial Photograph
 A vertical photograph is taken from the air.
 To take this type of photograph, a camera is mounted on a lightweight
aircraft or a satellite is used. The camera points down to the earth to take
the photograph.
 This type of photograph shows a plan of the ground.
 Itis difficult to identify features that are normally seen from the ground.
For instance, only the tops of trees, plants and buildings are visible, and
these can look quite different from how they look when viewed on the
ground.
 Itis used to display developmental pattern of human features. (e.g roads,
land use pattern)
Vertical Aerial
Photograph
Oblique Aerial Photograph
 This type of photograph is taken from high elevation. E.g
buildings or on top of a hill.
 Their useful if you want to study elevations or structures of
buildings over a wider area than offered by landscape.
 Inthis type of photograph, the top and the side of the image
maybe seen.
Oblique Aerial Photograph
Why geographers use photographs
Geographers use photographs to:

(a) describe the human and physical environment.


(b) show how places change over time.
(c) compare different places around the world.
Interpreting photographs…..

 Landscape

Does the photograph show a predominantly physical or human


environment?
Is it a natural or built environment?
Could you tell if its an urban or rural area?

 Relief
 Describe the main feature in the photograph then describe the
features around it.
Describe the terrain and gradient of the relief (undulating, flat,
steeply sloping)
What are the major landforms (mountains, plateaus, etc.)

 Drainage
Identify the drainage pattern. (this is more obvious in a vertical
photograph)
Is the area well drained.

 Vegetation
How is the vegetation distributed?
Identify the types of vegetation in the area.
Steps in Interpreting Photographs
1. Divide a photograph into nine sections. This is especially
useful if more than two features are shown in detail. You
can describe a selected feature by indicating its specific
location in the photograph.
2. Start by identifying the key physical or human features on
the photograph. Then describe the major patterns formed
by these features.
How to divide your photograph to give a clear
description

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 The image above shows the living conditions of people residing in an informal
settlement. (Precious knowledge: two examples of informal settlements include squatter
settlement and slum settlement.) Squatter settlements are usually built using suitable
building materials such as zinc, cement blocks, cement, etc. These materials are evident
in the centre middle ground and foreground and the right middle ground and
foreground of the photograph. On the other hand, slum dwellers generally utilize any
materials that are available to them to construct homes. Example of such include
cardboard boxes, plastic, branches, etc. Based on the evidence presented in the
photograph, the settlement may be considered as a squatter settlement.
 This settlement lacks basic services such as electricity and sanitation. The left
background and middle ground and the centre background and middle ground of the
photograph, appears to have a huge pile of garbage. This means that there is no garbage
collecting service in the area. Dumping garbage in an improper manner may increase
pest and rodents in the area. This in turn may lead to the spread of diseases. There are
no utility post present in the background, middle ground or foreground of the
photograph. This means that the area does not receive electricity.
 In the middle ground and foreground of the photograph, some space exist between the
homes, which means that the families may have some level of privacy.
Answer the following questions in your notebook

Briefly explain what is meant by “Graphical Information Systems”.


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Describe the use of a stereoscope.

Briefly explain what is meant by satellite imagery.

Can local weather conditions affect the value of aerial


photographs?
Bibliography

 Sealey,N (2010) Geography for CSEC Examinations.


Oxford, United Kingdom: Macmillan Education.
 Reardon, G , Bidaisee, S (2005) The Essential Guide
to Map Reading. Singapore: Marshall Cavendish
Education.
Have Fun Young Geographers

THE END

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