1. Draw a sketch map of the aerial photograph of Dublin and include the following: (a) River (b) Multi-storey car park (c) Green area (d) Main route way and bridge (e) Commercial area.
2. Comment on any differences in the information you can obtain from the OS map of Dublin compared with the aerial photograph, in relation to:
(a) land use in the city (b) traffic management and public transport.
3. The photograph of Dublin shows the city centre and O’Connell Bridge. Using the OS map, can you work out what direction the camera was facing when the photograph was taken?
/ I can draw a sketch map of an aerial photograph.
Satellite imagery Learning Intentions
In this section, you will learn: zz how to interpret and understand satellite imagery.
Satellite images are images of the Earth taken by satellites.
Satellites are often hundreds of kilometres above the ground. They are like eyes in the sky. Satellite images can provide us with extra information on many of the topics we cover in our Geography course. For example, they can be used to study weather, deforestation, urban sprawl, volcanic eruptions, land use, types of agricultural land and many more topics.
Satellite image Satellite
DID YOU KNOW? The first satellite was launched by the Soviet Union in 1957. It was called Sputnik 1.
