noun
- maps created from aerial or satellite photographs, showing geographic features and details
Usage: technical; cartography
Examples
- The surveyor used photomaps to identify property boundaries.
- Photomaps provide detailed views of terrain that traditional maps cannot show.
- The city planning department relies on photomaps for urban development projects.
- Scientists created photomaps of the forest to track deforestation.
- Emergency responders used photomaps to navigate the disaster area.
- The photomaps revealed changes in the coastline over the past decade.