control point

American  

noun

Aerial Photogrammetry.

1. a point located on the ground by precise surveying that when identified on aerial photographs provides the control necessary for producing a photomap.

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Etymology

Origin of control point

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

Because of this role, these neurons act as a central control point for how the brain processes information.

From Science Daily • Jan. 16, 2026

Proponents of rent control point out that under California’s Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act, jurisdictions can enact rent control only on buildings constructed before 1995.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2023

We drove for nine hours to the nearest border control point, and walked across.

From Slate • Mar. 23, 2022

His lawyers have said he was kept at the immigration control point at Melbourne Airport for about eight hours after he arrived, and that he had little communication with them during that period.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2022

Or is this branching at a control point? cf.

From On Handling the Data by Mayfield, M. I.