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An Anniversary and a 21st Century Analogy: E. H. Thompson and the Seven‐Lens Aerial Camera
Author(s) -
Atkinson K. B.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
the photogrammetric record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.638
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1477-9730
pISSN - 0031-868X
DOI - 10.1111/0031-868x.00172
Subject(s) - analogy , lens (geology) , digital camera , art history , art , cartography , geography , physics , optics , philosophy , epistemology
E. H. Thompson, the pre‐eminent British photogrammetrist, died 25 years ago. His memory has been perpetuated in several ways. An analogy is drawn between the design of a 21st century digital air survey camera and that of Thompson's multi‐lens camera of the 1930s.