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Table 1 List of terms and corresponding symbols used in photography with digital frame cameras and related input and output categories in the software PhenoFly Planning Tool

From: PhenoFly Planning Tool: flight planning for high-resolution optical remote sensing with unmanned areal systems

Term

Symbol

\(\rightarrow\) Input/\(\leftarrow\) output

Sensor

 Sensor size (x/y-axis)

\(S_{x'}, \; S_{{y'}}\)

\(\rightarrow\) Sensor/lens

 Number of recorded pixels (x/y-axis)

\(S_{{a}}, \; S_{{b}}\)

\(\rightarrow\) Sensor/lens

 Distance between pixel centers

\(S_{\delta }\)

\(\leftarrow\) Sensor/lens

 Circle of confusion limit

c

\(\leftarrow\) Sensor/lens

Lens

 Focal length

f

\(\rightarrow\) Sensor/lens

 Aperture (f-number)

N

\(\rightarrow\) Sensor/lens

 Angle of view (x/y-axis)

\({\text {AOV}}_x, \; {\text {AOV}}_y\)

\(\leftarrow\) Photography

 Hyperfocal distance

H

\(\leftarrow\) Photography

 Diffraction limit

d

\(\leftarrow\) Photography

View

 Flight height

h

\(\leftrightarrow\) Imaging

 Ground field of view (x/y-axis)

\(G_x, \; G_y\)

\(\leftarrow\) Photography

 Ground sampling distance

\({\text {GSD}}\)

\(\leftrightarrow\) Imaging

Sharpness

 Focus distance

s

\(\leftarrow\) Photography

 Depth of field (near/far)

\(D_{{\text {N}}}, \; D_{{\text {F}}}\)

\(\leftarrow\) Photography

Exposure

 Exposure value

EV

\(\rightarrow\) Imaging

 Shutter speed

\(I_{t}\)

\(\rightarrow\) Imaging

 Film speed

ISO

\(\leftarrow\) Imaging

 Maximum photo trigger frequency

\({I_{f, \max }}\)

\(\rightarrow\) Sensor/lens