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I'm assuming that this question comes from a cataloging
situation, so don't anybody get too upset if I keep my reply pretty
simple please! In addition, if you have a copy of Cartographic
Materials: A Manual of Interpretation for AACR2, 2002 revision
there
are glossary entries for these terms that are very helpful.
From a map cataloger's viewpoint an aerial view most usually is a
aerial
photograph taken above the ground looking straight down or relatively
so.
A bird's-eye view most usually is in the context of a historical (late
19th/early 20th century) image of a city taken as if one were on a
hillside or top of a high building looking out over the city with scale
of buildings and such accurate in the foreground but becoming less
accurate as one moves to the horizon. This also makes it a panoramic
view, but panoramas generally of much larger areas/regions than a
single
town or city. Thus, a phrase like "bird's-eye panoramic view"
is not only a new one on me but it would be slightly redundant and if
including such information in a note we would use either "Bird's-eye
view" or "Panoramic map."
Paige
At 03:29 PM 5/19/2006, you wrote:
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Subject: Aerial vs. bird's eye vs. panoramic
Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 12:04:36 -0700 (PDT)
From: jwc
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Hi all,
I'm a little bit confused about the difference between aerial vs.
bird's
eye vs. panoramic view(s). How can you distinguish between
them? Can those descriptions be combined, i.e. "bird's eye
panoramic view?" Can someone provide some input and
clarification?
Thanks.