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photogrammetry definition

photo·gram·metry (fōt′ō gram′ə trē)

noun

the art or process of surveying or measuring, as in map making, by taking photographs, esp. aerial photographs

Etymology: photogram (var., modeled on -gram, of photograph) + -metry

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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