A view or perspective obtained from an aircraft or high altitude, showing a landscape from above.
From aero- (air) + view (visual perspective). This term developed in the early 20th century alongside aviation, describing a novel way of seeing the world.
Aeroview photography revolutionized mapmaking and archaeology—seeing ancient cities, roads, and earthworks from above revealed patterns invisible from the ground, discovering lost civilizations and showing that indigenous peoples built massive landscape engineering projects.
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