Imagine flying above the ground taking aerial images of cropland making sure all the pictures capture every flaw to be perfected by a planter; feeling the wind and the fresh, unfettered freedom in the air. This is the daily perspective of several instruments used for aerial photography whose sole purpose is to be efficient. Efficiency is a task that is crucial for the government in this economy. All resources are scarce, so achieving maximum efficiency in crop production has to be accomplished through utilizing the resources to make things people need. If this is not the case, then the valuable resources, such as crops, are being mis-allocated. The most important aspect to be considering in efficiency is if the output is being maximized to
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Understanding that some planters are reluctant to have more training and understanding of crop production and aerial photography, the requirements of learning these skills would take time that planters are not willing to take off from their schedules. Also, aerial photography has advantages, but it also has disadvantages like lack of marginal data and identifying difficult ground features. A large number of individual photographs are appropriate for long distances and confusion over classification of water with other land uses. Experience in the air photography interpretation may be needed for distinguishing some features, which planters do not really have unless they are educated and obtain knowledge specifically for air photography (Gilvear and Byrant 152). According to Robert Davidson, many disadvantages of aerial photography include the following: lack of marginal data, requires more training to interpret than a map, difficult to use in poor light because of contrasting colors and tone, position location and scale are only approximate, ground features are difficult to identify and interpret, and detailed variations in the terrain features are not apparent without overlapping photography and a stereoscopic viewing instrument (2). It is apparent that there are not some benefiting
Understanding that some planters are reluctant to have more training and understanding of crop production and aerial photography, the requirements of learning these skills would take time that planters are not willing to take off from their schedules. Also, aerial photography has advantages, but it also has disadvantages like lack of marginal data and identifying difficult ground features. A large number of individual photographs are appropriate for long distances and confusion over classification of water with other land uses. Experience in the air photography interpretation may be needed for distinguishing some features, which planters do not really have unless they are educated and obtain knowledge specifically for air photography (Gilvear and Byrant 152). According to Robert Davidson, many disadvantages of aerial photography include the following: lack of marginal data, requires more training to interpret than a map, difficult to use in poor light because of contrasting colors and tone, position location and scale are only approximate, ground features are difficult to identify and interpret, and detailed variations in the terrain features are not apparent without overlapping photography and a stereoscopic viewing instrument (2). It is apparent that there are not some benefiting