Smyrna times., 1938-08-25

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Il Il, Traffic Jane u
contested Areas
urr MANY MASTERS
.-4,, D. c.-To fight the t
nhas, .s ri III i accidents trafiic
q. %, X Ave found a new aid lIl
s,iI's !, .Is'aiaraphy. Necessary ,.al7, ap,
Fls'ssI lls.ceording 70 reports fron
1l-a', = There the device was
+,is5 out-includes one
.ig s,,+irs al.t balloon, controlled BY
,rs-,T n gnys from a PASSENGER l,ssl
= ....sii. m equipped with trailer, .;
iis-' ... suspended from
l1.,. 7: md operated from be-
~ ! ~s,n; Of batteries and 2
hgtton- .s. IL busv
], =, rs;,tngs giving a bird s.eye
trafie conditions at various
NJ effects Of certain regu-
7, n Nd causes Of congestion
swing traffic jams from sucn
| . 1,tre; Is modern way q
| ~ -,', WITH the peculiarly modern
+ ~ II Cities On wheels. But
q Il pSotograEhy, 4 particularly
h .5tiye balloons, is an old
~, the National Geograph-
GsF. ", -.
| / iar back as 1851, nearly han
~ before tie history-making
N 4 the Wright brothers, the
aston. Mass, was recorded
c,ufve billoon some 1.2OO
|sM 80,
| Ttr Wright himself, in 1911
IL few shots Of the landscape
|Ts bis simple ground camera.
~ fiat time a fire at Salem,
IA. va; snapped from a plane.
|s.Easi as a newspaper scoop,
Ep aid 10 be the first airplane
|.nial 50 used.
Serve Many Masters.
st aerial photography was slow
sn.ng largely because vibra-
7 nd ar currents made ordinary
.-Es use almost impossible. It
| |Eae World war that offered the
s-.g ground for the art. Then
rzvging came Of age. Recog-
4 Is an aid TO military recon
|sEn:a i provided, according to
Z stmates, nearly four-fifths
zsny information obtained.
hay, making maps and pic
y ron the air is a highly spe-
Ia business, calling for trained
+ nd technical equipment. Such
|E1E;phs are made now any
|EEs hum a few hundred feet off
Z Eu1i al the way up to the
'r'aa atmosphere Of the stratos-
:tzs
70 III Increasing demands for
1n iHd better bird's-eye photo
sa, special cameras that cover
REdening territory have been
slsd with multiple lens, automat-
I-aefS, and other modern i'm
P''nslis. Many Of these ma
's aAaehed 10 the plane;
y pdnt through windows like
/ : 'anons; others are built into
/ 1a q the ship. With the re-
/. ! I, a',eni q the Photographic air.
4 asSgned for no other pur-
! Vd Mother Earth may be
Z autographed than a Holly |.
H9noVie star!
-.l nanonal governments to
i. |. .laloilnes, from Big Business
4. !, aaalal mining prospectors.
:. ~ NJ varied are the interests
y. s-1y 4! aerial photographs. Long
\, Y Ia'9gfaphs are particularly
y, j. = road planning, in food
n = A' NJ Studying soil ero-
J o N locating power-pIant
Locates Radium Mine.
! IA "a has made good use d
! ! ga y photographer. With is
srss1lS ~ 'Pases such surveys are
sly y. helpful in forast-v |
|. t.ts.t.a y loCaiing canoe trails, ii
M %saoa' Ess' etc. One Of the /
y ,..s8 .s8eit radium mines was .
= Iiis T. as a result Of air bic. bic. |
/ / -,,,las ,.-.i prOspectors can nov /
lss..,rs lsalaal aaai cost various maps
ss'k ore. -Aeiy 20 contain
( g,gs,,..aa ~ ana oil, both private
"a 'rT5as4t T5o 4. agencies employ !
n sv'n " Hy back and forth
s:,s,a srsn area. Later the manu rDr y,
y ~, ! sAots obtained are
Y ito '' . so. . laboratory experts #
Z ts H. s'aplete aip mosaic map,
Aps.,a.e .,alea !. for signs indica,ina sIirs ae,
d ,'s q natural wealth l.a ing
- r,'s check Up on sbittira I
Sa:ral' nd A. may even settIe sttie'ihs 4
d y, \, disputes Is ! ; ,ei.le hol,la m
! 1. n T.3. Example, several DDaila, Uanc.
Nd, as I, request Of Amy ! sg.oiI1 az
s'sp,ssa' 5s''aaal' n took hundreds