air map

noun

1. a map constructed from aerial photographs.

Word History and Origins

Origin of air map¹

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

“If you expect to keep your city on the air map, it will be necessary to construct a municipal airport,” he declared.

From Los Angeles Times

Their findings, documented in the citizen-gathered Purple Air Map, came as no surprise to him: “The air quality around the airport is not as clean as areas farther away,” he said.

From Seattle Times

With Air Traffic Controller, a radar-like air map on the video screen displays two airports and two navigational reference points.

From Time Magazine Archive

The meeting's purpose was to carve up the U. S. air map and apportion mail routes and subsidies.

From Time Magazine Archive

"You could air map it," Tau began.

From Project Gutenberg