- a mosaic of aerial photographs marked as a map, with grid lines, place-names, etc.
verb (used with object), pho·to·mapped, pho·to·map·ping.- to map by means of aerial photography.
Origin of photomap
First recorded in
1865–70; photo- +
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British Dictionary definitions for photomap- a map constructed by adding grid lines, place names, etc, to one or more aerial photographs
verb -maps, -mapping or -mapped- (tr) to map (an area) using aerial photography
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