Exercises

Ex. 1. Pronounce correctly:

photo, photographic, photography, aerial photography, photogrammetry;

sense, sensing, sensor, remote sensing; science, scientist, scientific, since;

process, processes, processing, processed; produce, producer, produced, reproduce;

artificial, artifice; source, resource, natural resource; radiate, radiation, radiator;

success, successful, successfully, succeed; analyse, analyses, analysis, analyst

survey, surveyor, surveying; method, methodical, methodist;

pigeon, pigeons, pigeon-hole; engine, engineer, engineering;

Ex. 2. Pay attention to the nouns in the function of an attribute:

water resources, disaster analysis, military tactics, satellite weather maps; weather data; ground control; resources maps, CAT scans, graduation photos, mapping services, photo acquisition, commercial survey companies, engineering agencies, ground stations, speed radar, camera location, wind speed, police investigation; space photographs; data collection

Ex. 3. Translate the following words and word combinations:

• terrestrial photographs; photo acquisition, the targets of interest

• artificial objects; non-imaging sensors

• scientific purposes; a profound effect

• large-scale maps; natural resources; accurate measurements

• ground stations; a ground point; three-dimensional coordinates of points

• using kites, pigeons, captive balloons as platforms

• the technique makes it possible to estimate; from different positions

Ex. 4. Find in the text the following word combinations:

мелкомасштабные карты; фотосхемы, составление фотосхем;

надежная информация; получать информацию; наука о сборе информации о земной поверхности; обеспечить информацией; дистанционное зондирование;

дистанционное зондирование включает ультразвук, скоростной радиолокатор, спутники и др.оборудование; застройка (благоустройство) городских площадей; городское развитие; анализ стихийных бедствий;

наземная съемка используется преимущественно на малых площадях; более сложная методика; получить трехмерные координаты точек объекта

Ex.5. Form pairs of synonyms

a) terrestrial, artificial, purpose, to evaluate, to select, to produce, profound, property, image, to determine, to identify, to involve, to investigate, different, to comprise, field, objective (adj.), to obtain

b) to determine, picture, to get, to contain, ground, aim, to estimate, area (sphere), to choose, to define, to generate, characteristics, to include, various, true, absolute, man-made, to study (to explore)

Ex. 6. Complete the sentences:

1. Photogrammetry is the art and science that…

2. There are two kinds of photogrammetry…

3. Aerial photographs provide…

4. The methods of using aerial photographs…

5. The first military use of…

6. A recent important application of…

7. Remote sensing is…

8. In much of remote sensing…

9. This is exemplified by the use of…

10. Hospitals use imaging technology…

11. Remote sensing in its broadest definition…

12. A more sophisticated technique, called stereophotogrammetry makes it

possible to…

Ex. 7. Analyse and translate sentences from the text with “passive voice”, “ing” forms

Ex. 8. Useful English (read, translate and learn):

• the complication of various kinds of maps;

• the technology of obtaining reliable information;

• interpret photographic images;

• special characteristics of land;

• to select sites for building; in different fields;

• the first remote sensing technology;

• to estimate the three-dimensional coordinates of points;

• to produce plans (maps) of large or complex sites

Ex. 9. Answer the questions:

1. What is photogrammetry?

2. What is the principle purpose of ground, terrestrial photogrammetry?

3. What kinds of photogrammetry do you know?

4. In what spheres are aerial photographs used?

5. What information does aerial photogrammetry provide?

6. What is remote sensing?

7. When did the development of sensing begin?

8. What do commercial survey companies provide?

9. What does remote sensing include?