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Bird's-eye view engraving of Paris in 1850A literal bird's eye view, shot by the bird itself with a GoProcamera someone placed on it
Before crewed flight was common, the term "bird's eye" was used to distinguish views drawn from direct observation at high vantage locations (e.g. a mountain or tower), from those constructed from an imagined bird's perspectives. Bird's eye views as a genre have existed since classical times. They were significantly popular in the mid-to-late 19th century in the United States and Europe as photographic prints.
The terms aerial view and aerial viewpoint are also sometimes used synonymous with bird's-eye view. The term aerial view can refer to any view from a great height, even at a wide angle, as for example when looking sideways from an airplane window or from a mountain top. Overhead view is fairly synonymous with bird's-eye view but tends to imply a vantage point of a lesser height than the latter term. For example, in computer and video games, an "overhead view" of a character or situation often places the vantage point only a few feet (a meter or two) above human height. See top-down perspective.
Recent[when?] technological and networking developments have made satellite images more accessible. Microsoft Bing Maps offers direct overhead satellite photos of the entire planet but also offers a feature named Bird's eye view in some locations. The Bird's Eye photos are angled at 40 degrees rather than being straight down. Satellite imaging programs and photos have been described as offering a viewer the opportunity to "fly over" and observe the world from this specific angle.
In filmmaking and video production, a bird's-eye shot refers to a shot looking directly down on the subject. The perspective is very foreshortened, making the subject appear short and squat. This shot can be used to give an overall establishing shot of a scene, or to emphasise the smallness or insignificance of the subjects. It is shot by lifting the camera up by hands or by hanging it off something strong enough to support it. When a scene needs a large area shot, it is a crane shot.
Bird's-eye views are common in the broadcasting of sports events, especially in the 21st century, with the increased usage of the Skycam and other devices like it, such as the CableCam and Spidercam.
A distinction is sometimes drawn between a bird's-eye view and a bird's-flight view, or "view-plan in isometrical projection".[2] Whereas a bird's-eye view shows a scene from a single viewpoint (real or imagined) in true perspective, including, for example, the foreshortening of more distant features, a bird's-flight view combines a vertical plan of ground-level features with perspective views of buildings and other standing features, all presented at roughly the same scale.[3] The landscape appears "as it would unfold itself to any one passing over it, as in a balloon, at a height sufficient to abolish sharpness of perspective, and yet low enough to allow of distinct view of the scene beneath".[4] The technique was popular among local surveyors and cartographers of the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries.
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For other uses see Bird s eye view disambiguation Overhead view redirects here For the video game perspective see Top down perspective You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in German October 2019 Click show for important translation instructions View a machine translated version of the German article Machine translation like DeepL or Google Translate is a useful starting point for translations but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate rather than simply copy pasting machine translated text into the English Wikipedia Consider adding a topic to this template there are already 8 913 articles in the main category and specifying topic will aid in categorization Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low quality If possible verify the text with references provided in the foreign language article You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing German Wikipedia article at de Vogelschauplan see its history for attribution You should also add the template Translated de Vogelschauplan to the talk page For more guidance see Wikipedia Translation This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Bird s eye view news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message A bird s eye view is an elevated view of an object or location from a very steep viewing angle creating a perspective as if the observer were a bird in flight looking downwards Bird s eye views can be an aerial photograph but also a drawing and are often used in the making of blueprints floor plans and maps 1 Bird s eye view engraving of Paris in 1850 source source source source source source A literal bird s eye view shot by the bird itself with a GoPro camera someone placed on itBefore crewed flight was common the term bird s eye was used to distinguish views drawn from direct observation at high vantage locations e g a mountain or tower from those constructed from an imagined bird s perspectives Bird s eye views as a genre have existed since classical times They were significantly popular in the mid to late 19th century in the United States and Europe as photographic prints Contents 1 Terminology 2 Gallery 3 Bird s flight view 4 See also 5 ReferencesTerminology EditThe terms aerial view and aerial viewpoint are also sometimes used synonymous with bird s eye view The term aerial view can refer to any view from a great height even at a wide angle as for example when looking sideways from an airplane window or from a mountain top Overhead view is fairly synonymous with bird s eye view but tends to imply a vantage point of a lesser height than the latter term For example in computer and video games an overhead view of a character or situation often places the vantage point only a few feet a meter or two above human height See top down perspective Recent when technological and networking developments have made satellite images more accessible Microsoft Bing Maps offers direct overhead satellite photos of the entire planet but also offers a feature named Bird s eye view in some locations The Bird s Eye photos are angled at 40 degrees rather than being straight down Satellite imaging programs and photos have been described as offering a viewer the opportunity to fly over and observe the world from this specific angle In filmmaking and video production a bird s eye shot refers to a shot looking directly down on the subject The perspective is very foreshortened making the subject appear short and squat This shot can be used to give an overall establishing shot of a scene or to emphasise the smallness or insignificance of the subjects It is shot by lifting the camera up by hands or by hanging it off something strong enough to support it When a scene needs a large area shot it is a crane shot Bird s eye views are common in the broadcasting of sports events especially in the 21st century with the increased usage of the Skycam and other devices like it such as the CableCam and Spidercam Gallery Edit nbsp Bird s eye view of operations during the Paraguayan War from James Allen s observation balloon 1868 nbsp Aerial view of the City of London 2011 nbsp View of Sydney from an airliner nbsp Flying above the ESO s Atacama Large Millimeter Array site nbsp Bird s eye view wood engraving of the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition 1909 nbsp Aerial view of Disneyland in 2004 nbsp Painting of Schiphol Airport by the Dutch artist Janneke Viegers nbsp Bird s eye view of Campos do Jordao Brazil with tilt shift lens effectBird s flight view Edit nbsp Part of the Copperplate map of London surveyed between 1553 and 1559 depicting a bird s flight view of the Moorfields areaA distinction is sometimes drawn between a bird s eye view and a bird s flight view or view plan in isometrical projection 2 Whereas a bird s eye view shows a scene from a single viewpoint real or imagined in true perspective including for example the foreshortening of more distant features a bird s flight view combines a vertical plan of ground level features with perspective views of buildings and other standing features all presented at roughly the same scale 3 The landscape appears as it would unfold itself to any one passing over it as in a balloon at a height sufficient to abolish sharpness of perspective and yet low enough to allow of distinct view of the scene beneath 4 The technique was popular among local surveyors and cartographers of the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries See also Edit nbsp Look up bird s eye view in Wiktionary the free dictionary nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bird s eye view Aerial landscape art Aerial perspective disambiguation Aerial photography Archimedean point Camera angle Cinematic techniques Filmmaking Google Earth Pictorial map Pictometry Plans drawings Top down perspective Video production Worm s eye viewReferences Edit Donger Simon 2018 Scenography The Crowood Press LTD ISBN 978 1 78500 454 4 Hurst Herbert 1899 Introduction Oxford Topography an essay Oxford Historical Society Vol 39 Oxford Oxford Historical Society pp 1 12 4 5 Ravenhill William 1986 Bird s eye view amp bird s flight view The Map Collector 35 36 7 Hurst 1899 p 4 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bird 27s eye view amp oldid 1154367074, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
