different between orthophotography vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

ortho- (“straight”) +? photography

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -????fi

Noun

orthophotography (uncountable)

1. (photography) Geometrical correction of aerial photographs so that displayed distances are uniform and can be measured like a map.
   • 2012, David P. Paine, James D. Kiser, Aerial Photography and Image Interpretation, John Wiley & Sons (?ISBN), chapter 8:

     During the past three decades, orthophotography has become an increasingly popular and useful tool for land managers. As quality and availability improve, this trend will continue. Orthophotography combines the planimetric precision of maps with the wealth of detail found on aerial photographs.

See also

• orthophoto
• orthoimage

Translations

Further reading

• orthophoto on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French taxonomie. Surface analysis taxo- +? -nomy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tæk?s?n?mi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /tæk?s??n?mi/
• Rhymes: -?n?mi

Noun

taxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural taxonomies)

1. The science or the technique used to make a classification.
2. A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
3. (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

Synonyms

• taxonomics
• (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms): alpha taxonomy

Coordinate terms

• nomenclature
• ontology

Derived terms

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