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Research Article

Words as tracers in the history of science and technology: the case of photogrammetry and remote sensing

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Pages 167-177 | Received 06 Aug 2020, Accepted 26 Oct 2020, Published online: 25 Nov 2020

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Figure 1. Aimé Laussedat (1819–1907, left) and Albrecht Meydenbauer (1834–1921, right), inventors of similar methods for surveying based on photographic images they called métrophotographie in French and Photogrammetrie in German, respectively

Figure 1. Aimé Laussedat (1819–1907, left) and Albrecht Meydenbauer (1834–1921, right), inventors of similar methods for surveying based on photographic images they called métrophotographie in French and Photogrammetrie in German, respectively

Figure 2. Occurrences of the French terms iconométrie and métrophotographie (1840–2019)

Figure 2. Occurrences of the French terms iconométrie and métrophotographie (1840–2019)

Figure 3. Occurrences of the German term Photogrammetrie (1840–2019)

Figure 3. Occurrences of the German term Photogrammetrie (1840–2019)

Figure 4. Occurrences of the French term photogrammétrie (1840–2019)

Figure 4. Occurrences of the French term photogrammétrie (1840–2019)

Figure 5. Occurrences of the Italian term fotogrammetria (1840–2019)

Figure 5. Occurrences of the Italian term fotogrammetria (1840–2019)

Figure 6. Occurrences of the term photogrammetry (1840–2019)

Figure 6. Occurrences of the term photogrammetry (1840–2019)

Figure 7. Examples of typical imagery provided by Earth observation satellites half a century apart: TIROS (1960, left), Pleiades (2012, right)

Figure 7. Examples of typical imagery provided by Earth observation satellites half a century apart: TIROS (1960, left), Pleiades (2012, right)

Figure 8. Occurrences of the terms photogrammetrist and photo-interpreter (1920–2019)

Figure 8. Occurrences of the terms photogrammetrist and photo-interpreter (1920–2019)

Figure 9. Innovations after World War II: occurrences of the terms digital, laser, polymer, satellite, radar and antibiotic (1920–2019)

Figure 9. Innovations after World War II: occurrences of the terms digital, laser, polymer, satellite, radar and antibiotic (1920–2019)

Figure 10. Occurrences of the terms photogrammetry and remote sensing (1920–2019)

Figure 10. Occurrences of the terms photogrammetry and remote sensing (1920–2019)

Figure 11. Occurrences of the French terms photogrammétrie and télédétection (1920–2019)

Figure 11. Occurrences of the French terms photogrammétrie and télédétection (1920–2019)

Figure 12. Occurrences of the Spanish terms fotogrametia, percepción remota and teledetección (1920–2019)

Figure 12. Occurrences of the Spanish terms fotogrametia, percepción remota and teledetección (1920–2019)

Figure 13. Occurrences of the terms unmanned aerial vehicle, structured light and structure from motion (1970–2019)

Figure 13. Occurrences of the terms unmanned aerial vehicle, structured light and structure from motion (1970–2019)

Figure 14. Occurrences of the terms photogrammetry and computer vision (1920–2019)

Figure 14. Occurrences of the terms photogrammetry and computer vision (1920–2019)

Figure 15. Occurrences of the terms stereo matching and epipolar geometry (1970–2019) for two different smoothing factors: 0 (left) and 5 (right)

Figure 15. Occurrences of the terms stereo matching and epipolar geometry (1970–2019) for two different smoothing factors: 0 (left) and 5 (right)

Data availability statement

The data that support the findings of this study are openly available through the Google Ngram Viewer which can by run online (https://books.google.com/ngrams).