Dubai coastline helicopter tour

Dubai coastline helicopter tour

Helicopter tour Dubai iconic landmarks

The thrum arrives first, a low percussion that rolls across the tarmac and up through your ribcage. Then the helicopter noses into view, sunlight flickering off its bubble canopy, and for a moment you feel like an extra in someone else's movie. A few minutes earlier you were tightening a wristband at check-in, stepping onto a scale with the half–self-consciousness that comes with seat assignments by weight, and listening to a safety briefing that renders the extraordinary almost routine: headsets on, hands away from the doors, follow the marshal's signals.

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Now a marshal guides you forward, palm open, wind flattening your clothes against you. You duck instinctively-everyone does-slide into the seat, and the door latches shut with a solid click. The city waits beyond the plexiglass.


A Dubai coastline helicopter tour is, above all, an exercise in perspective. From the ground, Dubai can feel like a procession of moments: a glittering atrium, a hot gust of air between buildings, a shimmer of sea at the end of a boulevard. From the air, the fragments become a narrative. The blades blur, the skids tremble, and suddenly the ground slips backward as if on rails. The pilot lifts you toward the gulf, the blue widening, the city unraveling behind you in deliberate geometry-freeways like steel threads, towers like glass reeds, neighborhoods carved into crescents and fans.


The first surprise is the color. On a clear day the Arabian Gulf is unabashedly turquoise, banded like silk in shallow water where sandbanks splay outward from the beaches. Kite surfers pull and arc at the edge of Jumeirah; the wake of a speedboat stitches a bright seam across the water. The famous silhouette of the Burj Al Arab presents itself as if on cue, sail-shaped and theatrical, the helipad where tennis aces once volleyed seeming dainty from above. The pilot tips a wing so those on the port side can drink the view, then the starboard. Camera lenses find their focus; relatives nudge one another through headsets, voices tinny with excitement.


Then Palm Jumeirah slides into frame, and no matter how many photos you've seen, there is an intake of breath. From ground level, the Palm is a curiosity-the curve of a beach, the particular angle of a hotel lobby. From above, it is audacity rendered in sand: a vast palm fronded into the sea, all symmetry and precision, a feat of dredgers and engineers made oddly graceful. The fronds reveal themselves to be cul-de-sacs, each one tipped with rows of villas whose private beaches curtsy toward the water. The trunk is a spine of traffic and shopping and storefronts, tiny as dioramas, while the crescent that holds it all together is scalloped with resorts, each vying for a better claim on the horizon. The Atlantis rises at one end, pink and mythic, as though a sculptor had been asked to interpret “dream of the sea” in stone. Helicopter tour Dubai aerial ride If your route carries you farther out, you might catch the ghosts of another audacity: the World Islands, a scattered archipelago sketched into continents, their outlines more suggestive than literal.


From here the helicopter arcs toward Dubai Marina, a sheer canyon of residential towers pressed up against a band of sand and the slow ballet of yachts idling near the breakwater. Helicopter tour Dubai city overview Bluewaters Island hovers offshore with its punctuating circle-the giant observation wheel-casting a lacework shadow on the water. Beyond the marina, if the visibility is good, the port distills into an industrial grid: cranes like praying mantises, stacks of containers in Mondrian colors. One of the luxuries of altitude is seeing how all these parts coexist, glamour and logistics, spectacle and the quiet machinery that feeds it.


Turn inland and the Burj Khalifa appears at last, at once inevitable and startling. The world's tallest tower is frequently visible from almost anywhere in Dubai, but from the helicopter its tapering spire reads like punctuation, the exclamation point at the end of a sentence written by the city across the desert. The low, silvery plane of Downtown Dubai stretches around it, fountains and roads and parks resolved into patterns. Sheikh Zayed Road helicopter tour . The old heart of the city is farther along the coast-Dubai Creek splitting neighborhoods that grew from trade and pearl diving rather than master plans-but even the modern skyline bears the trace of those beginnings. You can see it in the way the city clings to water.


A helicopter tour telescopes time. The whole flight might be fifteen or twenty-five minutes, a half hour if you've opted for a longer circuit, yet it compresses twenty years of urban transformation into a few clean, legible images. For visitors, it's a spectacular introduction, a way of stitching landmarks together so that later, when you step onto a beach or into a mall or a souk, the spaces connect in your mind. For residents, it can be disarming: the familiar seen anew, the route you commute daily rendered into a ribbon against open space. Dubai luxury helicopter ride The city's scale becomes comprehensible without becoming less astonishing.


There is practical magic in the small details. The headset not only lets you hear the pilot's calm narration-pointing out features, offering a fact or two-but coccoons you in a private world, your own movie soundtrack hummed through foam ear cups. The curved window sometimes returns your reflection in double exposure with the coastline; tilt the lens to avoid glare and you'll catch a photo that feels cinematic. Early mornings can be glass-clear, the light soft and revealing. Late afternoons warm the city in honeyed tones, and as the sun falls, the gulf takes on a bruised purple, the towers fire up their evening glamour, and the Palm's crescent roads sketch themselves in amber.


Of course there is a cost to seeing a city from a turbine-powered perch. Some operators have begun offering carbon offsets or experimenting with sustainable aviation fuel blends when available; opting for a shared flight instead of a private charter trims the footprint. None of these choices erase the impact, but they fold conscience into wonder, which seems sensible in a place that balances both ambition and fragility-the desert meeting the sea, a metropolis still calibrating its future.


When the helicopter banks homeward, the coastline slides by like a flipbook you've almost learned by heart. The beaches resolve into scatterings of umbrellas, the hotels into patterns of courtyards and pools, the seawalls into clean arcs of engineering. Back on the pad, the rotors spin down, and the incidental city noise-traffic, distant construction, a gull scolding the wind-fades back in. You step onto solid ground feeling taller than you are, as if a little altitude lingers in the bones.


It's easy to think of a helicopter tour as spectacle, a luxury postcard. It is that, certainly. But it's also a rare kind of map, one you carry in your head afterward, a way of reading Dubai not only as a place to consume but as a story to follow-how water shapes ambition, how design mediates between sand and surf, how a coastline can be both boundary and invitation. From above, the city's edges look less like limits than like horizons. And that, perhaps, is Dubai's favorite view of itself.

Helicopter tour Dubai iconic landmarks
An aerial photograph using a drone of Westerheversand Lighthouse, Germany
Drone aerial photograph showing a swimming pool, water slides, buildings, and surrounding landscape
Aerial view of a swimming pool complex
An aerial photograph taken using a drone of the Vistula, a river in Poland
An aerial view of the city of Pori, Finland
Air photo of a military target used to evaluate the effect of bombing

Aerial photography (or airborne imagery) is the taking of photographs from an aircraft or other airborne platforms.[1] When taking motion pictures, it is also known as aerial videography.

Platforms for aerial photography include fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs or "drones"), balloons, blimps and dirigibles, rockets, pigeons, kites, or using action cameras while skydiving or wingsuiting. Handheld cameras may be manually operated by the photographer, while mounted cameras are usually remotely operated or triggered automatically.

Hraunfossar, Iceland captured by a drone-camera[2]

Aerial photography typically refers specifically to bird's-eye view images that focus on landscapes and surface objects, and should not be confused with air-to-air photography, where one or more aircraft are used as chase planes that "chase" and photograph other aircraft in flight. Elevated photography can also produce bird's-eye images closely resembling aerial photography (despite not actually being aerial shots) when telephotoing from high vantage structures, suspended on cables (e.g. Skycam) or on top of very tall poles that are either handheld (e.g. monopods and selfie sticks), fixed firmly to the ground (e.g. surveillance cameras and crane shots) or mounted above vehicles.

History

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Early

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Honoré Daumier, "Nadar élevant la Photographie à la hauteur de l'Art" (Nadar elevating Photography to Art), published in Le Boulevard, May 25, 1862

Aerial photography was first practiced by the French photographer and balloonist Gaspard-Félix Tournachon, known as "Nadar", in 1858 over Paris, France.[3] However, the photographs he produced no longer exist and therefore the earliest surviving aerial photograph is titled 'Boston, as the Eagle and the Wild Goose See It.' Taken by James Wallace Black and Samuel Archer King on October 13, 1860, it depicts Boston from a height of 630m.[4][5]

Equipment Used to Make High-Altitude Photographs (1924)
Aerial view by Cecil Shadbolt, showing Stonebridge Road, Stamford Hill, and Seven Sisters Curve, part of the Tottenham and Hampstead Junction Railway, taken from 2,000 feet (610 m) on 29 May 1882 – the earliest extant aerial photograph taken in the British Isles

Kite aerial photography was pioneered by British meteorologist E.D. Archibald in 1882. He used an explosive charge on a timer to take photographs from the air.[6] The same year, Cecil Shadbolt devised a method of taking photographs from the basket of a gas balloon, including shots looking vertically downwards.[7][8] One of his images, taken from 2,000 feet (610 m) over Stamford Hill, is the earliest extant aerial photograph taken in the British Isles.[7] A print of the same image, An Instantaneous Map Photograph taken from the Car of a Balloon, 2,000 feet high, was shown at the 1882 Photographic Society exhibition.[8]

Frenchman Arthur Batut began using kites for photography in 1888, and wrote a book on his methods in 1890.[9][10] Samuel Franklin Cody developed his advanced 'Man-lifter War Kite' and succeeded in interesting the British War Office with its capabilities.

Antique postcard from Grand Rapids, Michigan, using kite photo technique (c. 1911)

In 1908, Albert Samama Chikly filmed the first ever aerial views using a balloon between Hammam-Lif and Grombalia.[11] The first use of a motion picture camera mounted to a heavier-than-air aircraft took place on April 24, 1909, over Rome in the 3:28 silent film short, Wilbur Wright und seine Flugmaschine.

World War I

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Giza pyramid complex, photographed from Eduard Spelterini's balloon on November 21, 1904

The use of aerial photography rapidly matured during the war, as reconnaissance aircraft were equipped with cameras to record enemy movements and defenses. At the start of the conflict, the usefulness of aerial photography was not fully appreciated, with reconnaissance being accomplished with map sketching from the air.

Germany adopted the first aerial camera, a Görz, in 1913. The French began the war with several squadrons of Blériot observation aircraft equipped with cameras for reconnaissance. The French Army developed procedures for getting prints into the hands of field commanders in record time.

Frederick Charles Victor Laws started aerial photography experiments in 1912 with No.1 Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps (later No. 1 Squadron RAF), taking photographs from the British dirigible Beta. He discovered that vertical photos taken with a 60% overlap could be used to create a stereoscopic effect when viewed in a stereoscope, thus creating a perception of depth that could aid in cartography and in intelligence derived from aerial images. The Royal Flying Corps recon pilots began to use cameras for recording their observations in 1914 and by the Battle of Neuve Chapelle in 1915, the entire system of German trenches was being photographed.[12] In 1916, the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy made vertical camera axis aerial photos above Italy for map-making.

The first purpose-built and practical aerial camera was invented by Captain John Moore-Brabazon in 1915 with the help of the Thornton-Pickard company, greatly enhancing the efficiency of aerial photography. The camera was inserted into the floor of the aircraft and could be triggered by the pilot at intervals. Moore-Brabazon also pioneered the incorporation of stereoscopic techniques into aerial photography, allowing the height of objects on the landscape to be discerned by comparing photographs taken at different angles.[13][14]

By the end of the war, aerial cameras had dramatically increased in size and focal power and were used increasingly frequently as they proved their pivotal military worth; by 1918, both sides were photographing the entire front twice a day and had taken over half a million photos since the beginning of the conflict. In January 1918, General Allenby used five Australian pilots from No. 1 Squadron AFC to photograph a 624 square miles (1,620 km2) area in Palestine as an aid to correcting and improving maps of the Turkish front. This was a pioneering use of aerial photography as an aid for cartography. Lieutenants Leonard Taplin, Allan Runciman Brown, H. L. Fraser, Edward Patrick Kenny, and L. W. Rogers photographed a block of land stretching from the Turkish front lines 32 miles (51 km) deep into their rear areas. Beginning 5 January, they flew with a fighter escort to ward off enemy fighters. Using Royal Aircraft Factory BE.12 and Martinsyde airplanes, they not only overcame enemy air attacks, but also had to contend with 65 mph (105 km/h) winds, antiaircraft fire, and malfunctioning equipment to complete their task.[15]

Commercial

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New York City in 1932, aerial photograph of Fairchild Aerial Surveys Inc
Milton Kent with his aerial camera, June 1953, Milton Kent Studio, Sydney

The first commercial aerial photography company in the UK was Aerofilms Ltd, founded by World War I veterans Francis Wills and Claude Graham White in 1919. The company soon expanded into a business with major contracts in Africa and Asia as well as in the UK. Operations began from the Stag Lane Aerodrome at Edgware, using the aircraft of the London Flying School. Subsequently, the Aircraft Manufacturing Company (later the De Havilland Aircraft Company), hired an Airco DH.9 along with pilot entrepreneur Alan Cobham.[16]

From 1921, Aerofilms carried out vertical photography for survey and mapping purposes. During the 1930s, the company pioneered the science of photogrammetry (mapping from aerial photographs), with the Ordnance Survey amongst the company's clients.[17] In 1920, the Australian Milton Kent started using a half-plate oblique aero camera purchased from Carl Zeiss AG in his aerial photographic business.[18]

Another successful pioneer of the commercial use of aerial photography was the American Sherman Fairchild who started with his own aircraft firm Fairchild Aircraft to develop and build specialized aircraft for high altitude aerial survey missions.[19] One Fairchild aerial survey aircraft in 1935 carried a unit that combined two synchronized cameras. Utilizing two units of ten lenses each with a ten-inch lens, the aircraft took photos from 23,000 feet. Each photo covered two hundred and twenty-five square miles. One of its first government contracts was an aerial survey of New Mexico to study soil erosion.[20] A year later, Fairchild introduced a better high altitude camera with a nine-lens in one unit that could take a photo covering 600 square miles with each exposure from 30,000 feet.[21]

World War II

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Sidney Cotton's Lockheed 12A, in which he made a high-speed reconnaissance flight in 1940

In 1939, Sidney Cotton and Flying Officer Maurice Longbottom of the RAF were among the first to suggest that airborne reconnaissance may be a task better suited to fast, small aircraft which would use their speed and high service ceiling to avoid detection and interception. Although this seems obvious now, with modern reconnaissance tasks performed by fast, high flying aircraft, at the time it was radical thinking.[citation needed]

They proposed the use of Spitfires with their armament and radios removed and replaced with extra fuel and cameras. This led to the development of the Spitfire PR variants. Spitfires proved to be extremely successful in their reconnaissance role and there were many variants built specifically for that purpose. They served initially with what later became No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit (PRU). In 1928, the RAF developed an electric heating system for the aerial camera. This allowed reconnaissance aircraft to take pictures from very high altitudes without the camera parts freezing.[22] Based at RAF Medmenham, the collection and interpretation of such photographs became a considerable enterprise.[23]

Cotton's aerial photographs were far ahead of their time. Together with other members of the 1 PRU, he pioneered the techniques of high-altitude, high-speed stereoscopic photography that were instrumental in revealing the locations of many crucial military and intelligence targets. According to R.V. Jones, photographs were used to establish the size and the characteristic launching mechanisms for both the V-1 flying bomb and the V-2 rocket. Cotton also worked on ideas such as a prototype specialist reconnaissance aircraft and further refinements of photographic equipment. At the peak, the British flew over 100 reconnaissance flights a day, yielding 50,000 images per day to interpret. Similar efforts were taken by other countries.[citation needed]

While stationed on an aircraft carrier in Imperial Japan, FS Hussain, a pilot in the Royal Indian Air Force, was tasked with photographing the aftermath of the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.[24] Unaware of the risks of exposure to radiation, it led to his death in 1969 at the age of 44.[25]

Uses

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Vertical aerial photography is used in cartography[26] (particularly in photogrammetric surveys, which are often the basis for topographic maps[27][28]), land-use planning,[26] aerial archaeology.[26] Oblique aerial photography is used for movie production, environmental studies,[29] power line inspection,[30] surveillance, construction progress, commercial advertising, conveyancing, and artistic projects. An example of how aerial photography is used in the field of archaeology is the mapping project done at the site Angkor Borei in Cambodia from 1995 to 1996. Using aerial photography, archaeologists were able to identify archaeological features, including 112 water features (reservoirs, artificially constructed pools and natural ponds) within the walled site of Angkor Borei.[31] In the United States, aerial photographs are used in many Phase I Environmental Site Assessments for property analysis.

Aircraft

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In the United States, except when necessary for take-off and landing, full-sized manned aircraft are prohibited from flying at altitudes under 1000 feet over congested areas and not closer than 500 feet from any person, vessel, vehicle or structure over non-congested areas. Certain exceptions are allowed for helicopters, powered parachutes and weight-shift-control aircraft.[32]

Radio-controlled

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Advancements in drone technology have allowed aerial photographs to be taken by quadcopter drones, such as this DJI Mavic Pro.

Advances in radio controlled models have made it possible for model aircraft to conduct low-altitude aerial photography. This had benefited real-estate advertising, where commercial and residential properties are the photographic subject. In 2014, the US Federal Aviation Administration banned the use of drones for photographs in real estate advertisements.[33] The ban has been lifted and commercial aerial photography using drones of UAS is regulated under the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018.[34][35] Commercial pilots have to complete the requirements for a Part 107 license,[36] while amateur and non-commercial use is restricted by the FAA.[37]

Small scale model aircraft offer increased photographic access to these previously restricted areas. Miniature vehicles do not replace full-size aircraft, as full-size aircraft are capable of longer flight times, higher altitudes, and greater equipment payloads. They are, however, useful in any situation in which a full-scale aircraft would be dangerous to operate. Examples would include the inspection of transformers atop power transmission lines and slow, low-level flight over agricultural fields, both of which can be accomplished by a large-scale radio-controlled helicopter. Professional-grade, gyroscopically stabilized camera platforms are available for use under such a model; a large model helicopter with a 26cc gasoline engine can hoist a payload of approximately seven kilograms (15 pounds). One example is the radio controlled Nitrohawk helicopter developed by Robert Channon between 1988 and 1998.[38] In addition to gyroscopically stabilized footage, the use of RC copters as reliable aerial photography tools increased with the integration of FPV (first-person-view) technology. Many radio-controlled aircraft, in particular drones, are now capable of utilizing Wi-Fi to stream live video from the aircraft's camera back to the pilot's or pilot in command's (PIC) ground station.[39]

Regulations

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Australia

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In Australia, Civil Aviation Safety Regulation Part 101 (CASR Part 101)[40] allows for commercial use of unmanned and remotely piloted aircraft. Under these regulations, unmanned remotely piloted aircraft for commercial are referred to as Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS), whereas radio-controlled aircraft for recreational purposes are referred to as model aircraft. Under CASR Part 101, businesses/persons operating remotely piloted aircraft commercially are required to hold an operator certificate, just like manned aircraft operators. Pilots of remotely piloted aircraft operating commercially are also required to be licensed by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA).[41] While a small RPAS and model aircraft may actually be identical, unlike model aircraft, a RPAS may enter controlled airspace with approval, and operate close to an aerodrome.

Due to a number of illegal operators in Australia, making false claims of being approved, CASA maintains and publishes a list of approved remote operator's certificate (ReOC) holders.[42] However, CASA has modified the regulations and from September 29, 2016, drones under 2 kg (4.4 lb) may be operated for commercial purposes.[43]

United States

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2006 FAA regulations grounding all commercial RC model flights have been upgraded to require formal FAA certification before permission is granted to fly at any altitude in the US.

On June 25, 2014, the FAA, in ruling 14 CFR Part 91 [Docket No. FAA–2014–0396] "Interpretation of the Special Rule for Model Aircraft", banned the commercial use of unmanned aircraft over U.S. airspace.[44] On September 26, 2014, the FAA began granting the right to use drones in aerial filmmaking. Operators are required to be licensed pilots and must keep the drone in view at all times. Drones cannot be used to film in areas where people might be put at risk.[45]

The FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 established, in Section 336, a special rule for model aircraft. In Section 336, Congress confirmed the FAA's long-standing position that model aircraft are aircraft. Under the terms of the Act, a model aircraft is defined as "an unmanned aircraft" that is "(1) capable of sustained flight in the atmosphere; (2) flown within visual line of sight of the person operating the aircraft; and (3) flown for hobby or recreational purposes."[46]

Because anything capable of being viewed from a public space is considered outside the realm of privacy in the United States, aerial photography may legally document features and occurrences on private property.[47]

The FAA can pursue enforcement action against persons operating model aircraft who endanger the safety of the national airspace system: Public Law 112–95, section 336(b).[33]

On June 21, 2016, the FAA released its summary of small unmanned aircraft rules (Part 107). The rules established guidelines for small UAS operators including operating only during the daytime, a 400 ft (120 m). ceiling and pilots must keep the UAS in visual range.[48]

On April 7, 2017, the FAA announced special security instructions under 14 CFR § 99.7. Effective April 14, 2017, all UAS flights within 400 feet of the lateral boundaries of U.S. military installations are prohibited unless a special permit is secured from the base and/or the FAA.[49]

United Kingdom

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Aerial photography in the UK has tight regulations as to where a drone is able to fly.[50]

Aerial Photography on Light aircraft under 20 kg (44 lb). Basic Rules for non commercial flying Of a SUA (Small Unmanned Aircraft).

Article 241 Endangering safety of any person or property states that a person must not recklessly or negligently cause or permit an aircraft to endanger any person or property.

Article 94 mentions the following about small unmanned aircraft:

  1. A person must not cause or permit any article or animal (whether or not attached to a parachute) to be dropped from a small unmanned aircraft so as to endanger persons or property.
  2. The person in charge of a small unmanned aircraft may only fly the aircraft if reasonably satisfied that the flight can safely be made.
  3. The person in charge of a small unmanned aircraft must maintain direct, unaided visual contact with the aircraft sufficient to monitor its flight path in relation to other aircraft, persons, vehicles, vessels and structures for the purpose of avoiding collisions. (500 m (1,600 ft))
  4. The person in charge of a small unmanned aircraft which has a mass of more than 7 kg (15 lb) excluding its fuel but including any articles or equipment installed in or attached to the aircraft at the commencement of its flight, must not fly the aircraft:
    1. In Class A, C, D or E airspace unless the permission of the appropriate air traffic control unit has been obtained;
    2. Within an aerodrome traffic zone during the notified hours of watch of the air traffic control unit (if any) at that aerodrome unless the permission of any such air traffic control unit has been obtained;
    3. At a height of more than 400 feet above the surface
  5. The person in charge of a small unmanned aircraft must not fly the aircraft for the purposes of commercial operations except in accordance with a permission granted by the CAA.

Article 95 has the following to say about small unmanned surveillance aircraft:

  1. You Must not fly your aircraft over or within 150 metres of any congested Area.
  2. Over or within 150 m (490 ft) of an organised open-air assembly of more than 1,000 persons.
  3. Within 50 m (160 ft) of any vessel, vehicle or structure which is not under the control of the person in charge of the aircraft.
  4. Within 50 m of any person, during take-off or landing, a small unmanned surveillance aircraft must not be flown within 30 m (98 ft) of any person. This does not apply to the person in charge of the small unmanned surveillance aircraft or a person under the control of the person in charge of the aircraft.

Model aircraft with a mass of more than 20 kg are termed 'Large Model Aircraft' – within the UK, large model aircraft may only be flown in accordance with an exemption from the ANO, which must be issued by the CAA.

Types

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Oblique

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Oblique Aerial Photo

Photographs taken at an angle are called oblique photographs. If they are taken from a low angle relative to the earth's surface, they are called low oblique and photographs taken from a high angle are called high or steep oblique.[51]

An aerial photographer prepares continuous oblique shooting in a Cessna 206

Vertical (Nadir)

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Vertical Orientation Aerial Photo

Vertical photographs are taken straight down.[52] They are mainly used in photogrammetry and image interpretation. Pictures that will be used in photogrammetry are traditionally taken with special large format cameras with calibrated and documented geometric properties.

A vertical still from a kite aerial thermal video of part of a former brickworks site captured at night. http://www.armadale.org.uk/aerialthermography.htm

Combined

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Aerial photographs are often combined. Depending on their purpose, it can be done in several ways, of which a few are listed below.

  • Panoramas can be made by stitching several photographs taken in different angles from one spot (e.g. with a hand held camera) or from different spots at the same angle (e.g. from a plane).
  • Stereo photography techniques allow for the creation of 3D-images from several photographs of the same area taken from different spots.
  • In pictometry, five rigidly mounted cameras provide one vertical and four low oblique pictures that can be used together.
  • In some digital cameras, for aerial photogrammetry images from several imaging elements, sometimes with separate lenses, are geometrically corrected and combined to one image in the camera.

Orthophotomap

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Vertical photographs are often used to create orthophotos, alternatively known as orthophotomaps, photographs which have been geometrically "corrected" so as to be usable as a map. In other words, an orthophoto is a simulation of a photograph taken from an infinite distance, looking straight down to nadir. Perspective must obviously be removed, but variations in terrain should also be corrected for. Multiple geometric transformations are applied to the image, depending on the perspective and terrain corrections required on a particular part of the image.

Orthophotos are commonly used in geographic information systems, such as are used by mapping agencies (e.g. Ordnance Survey) to create maps. Once the images have been aligned, or "registered", with known real-world coordinates, they can be widely deployed.

Large sets of orthophotos, typically derived from multiple sources and divided into "tiles" (each typically 256 x 256 pixels in size), are widely used in online map systems such as Google Maps. OpenStreetMap offers the use of similar orthophotos for deriving new map data. Google Earth overlays orthophotos or satellite imagery onto a digital elevation model to simulate 3D landscapes.

Leaf-off or leaf-on

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Aerial photography may be labeled as either "leaf-off" or on "leaf-on" to indicate whether deciduous foliage is in the photograph. Leaf-off photographs show less foliage or no foliage at all, and are used to see the ground and things on the ground more closely. Leaf-on photographs are used to measure crop health and yield. For forestry purposes, some species of trees are easier to distinguish from other kinds of trees with leaf-off photography, while other species are easier to distinguish with leaf-on photography.[53]

Video

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The Cliffs of Moher, filmed with a drone (2014)

With advancements in video technology, aerial video is becoming more popular. Orthogonal video is shot from aircraft mapping pipelines, crop fields, and other points of interest. Using GPS, video may be embedded with meta data and later synced with a video mapping program.

This "Spatial Multimedia" is the timely union of digital media including still photography, motion video, stereo, panoramic imagery sets, immersive media constructs, audio, and other data with location and date-time information from the GPS and other location designs.

Aerial videos are emerging Spatial Multimedia which can be used for scene understanding and object tracking. The input video is captured by low flying aerial platforms and typically consists of strong parallax from non-ground-plane structures. The integration of digital video, global positioning systems (GPS) and automated image processing will improve the accuracy and cost-effectiveness of data collection and reduction. Several different aerial platforms are under investigation for the data collection.

In film production, it is common to use a unmanned aerial vehicle with a mounted cine camera.[54] For example, the AERIGON cinema drone is used for low aerial shots in big blockbuster movies.[55]

See also

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Concepts and methods

  • Aerial landscape art
  • Aviation photography
  • Geoinformatics
  • Remote sensing
  • Scheimpflug principle

Equipment and technology

  • Airborne Real-time Cueing Hyperspectral Enhanced Reconnaissance
  • Astrocam
  • Fairchild K-20, WWII-era aerial camera
  • Lidar
  • Oracle, model photographic rocket
  • TopoFlight
  • VisionMap A3 Digital Mapping System

Individuals, organizations, and history

  • Aerial image library
  • First images of Earth from space
  • Harvey Lloyd
  • Houston–Mount Everest flight expedition
  • National Collection of Aerial Photography
  • Wikipedia category for articles on aerial photographers

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Further reading

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  • Price, Alfred (2003). Targeting the Reich: Allied Photographic Reconnaissance over Europe, 1939–1945. [S.l.]: Military Book Club. N.B.: First published 2003 by Greenhill Books, London. ISBN 0-7394-3496-9
[edit]
  • Aerial Photography: An Overview on YouTube, from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

 

 

Jumeirah
جُمَيْرَا
Community
Jumeirah Fishing Harbour
Jumeirah Fishing Harbour
Map
Interactive map of Jumeirah
Coordinates: 25°12′07″N 55°14′38″E / 25.202°N 55.244°E / 25.202; 55.244
Country  United Arab Emirates
Emirate Emirate of Dubai
City Dubai
Boroughs
List
  • Jumeirah 1
  • Jumeirah 2
  • Jumeirah 3
Area
 
 • Total
6.9 km2 (2.7 sq mi)
Population
 (2024)[1]
 • Total
47,319
 • Density 6,900/km2 (18,000/sq mi)

Jumeirah (Arabic: جُمَيْرَا, romanized: Jumayrā Emirati pronunciation: [dʒʊˈmeːrɐ]) is a coastal residential area of Dubai, United Arab Emirates mainly comprising low rise private dwellings and hotel developments. It has both large expensive detached properties and more modest town houses built in a variety of architectural styles. The area is popular with expatriates working in Dubai and is familiar to many visiting tourists.

History

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Majlis Ghorfat Umm Al Sheif (مَجْلِس غُرْفَة أُمّ ٱلشَّيْف)

Archaeological excavations at Jumeirah Archaeological Site,[2][3][4] which was discovered in 1969, demonstrate that the area was inhabited as far back as the Abbasid era, approximately in the 10th century CE. Measuring about 80,000 m2 (860,000 sq ft), the site lay along a caravan route linking India and China to Oman and Iraq.[2][3][4]

Historically, Emirati people living in Jumeirah were fishermen, pearl divers and traders. At the turn of the 20th century, it was a village of some 45 areesh (palm leaf) huts, inhabited mainly by settled Bedouin of the Bani Yas and Manasir tribes. At the time, Jumeirah was 'about 3 miles southwest of Dibai town'.[5]

In modern times (1960 onwards), Jumeirah was the principal area for western expatriate residences. The beachfront area was previously called "Chicago Beach",[6] as the site of the former Chicago Beach Hotel.[7] The locale's peculiar name had its origins in the Chicago Bridge & Iron Company which at one time welded giant floating oil storage tankers called "Kazzans" on the site.[6] The old name persisted for a time after the old hotel was demolished in 1997. "Dubai Chicago Beach Hotel" was the Public Project Name for the construction phase of the Burj Al Arab Hotel until Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum announced the new name: Burj Al Arab.[7]

The Theatre of Digital Art (ToDA) opened in 2020 at Souk Madinat in Jumeirah as an exhibition space for digital art.[8]

 

See also

[edit]
  • Jumeirah Beach
  • Jumeirah Beach Hotel
  • Jumeira Baccalaureate School
  • Palm Jumeirah
  • Jumeirah Mosque
  • City Walk

References

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  1. ^ https://www.dsc.gov.ae/en-us/EServices/Pages/geo-stat.aspx. Dubai Statistics Center
  2. ^ a b Al Amir, Khitam; Cherian, Dona (2020-01-09). "Look: Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid visits Jumeirah Archaeological Site". Gulf News. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
  3. ^ a b "Mohammed bin Rashid visits Jumeirah Archaeological Site". Emirates 24/7. 2020-01-09. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
  4. ^ a b "'Happy and proud' Ruler of Dubai meets archaeologists at Jumeirah dig site". The National. 2020-01-09. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
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  6. ^ a b Krane, Jim City of Gold: Dubai and the Dream of Capitalism, page 103, St. Martin's Press (September 15, 2009)
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  8. ^ "Theatre of Digital Art". visitdubai.com. Visit Dubai. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
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Archaeological site
  • Jumeirah Archaeological Site, Dubai Culture & Arts Authority
  • Lonelyplanet website
Majlis Ghorfat Umm Al-Sheif
  • Majlis Ghorfat Umm Al Sheif, Dubai Culture & Arts Authority

 

 

Palm Jumeirah
Native name:
[1] نخلة جميرا
Nickname: The Palm
Satellite view of The Palm Jumeirah
Palm Jumeirah is located in Dubai
Palm Jumeirah
Palm Jumeirah
Location within the Emirate of Dubai
Geography
Location Persian Gulf
Coordinates 25°07′05″N 55°08′00″E / 25.11806°N 55.13333°E / 25.11806; 55.13333
Administration
 Dubai
 United Arab Emirates
Demographics
Population 25,550[2]

The Palm Jumeirah (Arabic: نخلة جميرا) is an archipelago of artificial islands on the Persian Gulf in Jumeirah, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is part of a larger series of developments called the Palm Islands, including Palm Jebel Ali and the Dubai Islands, which, when completed, will together increase Dubai's shoreline by a total of 520 kilometres (320 mi).[3] It has a population of over 25,000[4] as of 2022.[5]

The islands were created using land reclamation. They were created to resemble a palm tree when seen from the air, and are roughly divided into three areas: "trunk", "fronds", and "outer crescent". The trunk is a mixed commercial and residential area, the fronds are reserved for residential homes and villas, while the outer crescent is used for luxury and upscale resorts.[6]

The Palm Jumeirah was constructed by a Dutch specialist dredging company, Van Oord. The same company also created The World Islands.

Construction

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The Palm Jumeirah Dubai, Villas on a frond
The Palm Jumeirah Dubai's frond
The Palm Jumeirah Dubai aerial view on 5 January 2013
Shoreline Beach in The Palm Jumeirah Dubai

Construction of The Palm Jumeirah Dubai island began in June 2001 and the developers announced handover of the first residential units in 2006.[7]

In October 2007, 75% of the properties were ready to hand over, with 500 families already residing on the island.[8] By the end of 2009, 28 hotels were opened on the Crescent.[8]

In 2009, The New York Times reported that NASA's laser altimeter satellites had measured the Palm as sinking at the rate of 5 mm (0.20 in) per year.[9] In response the developer, Nakheel Properties said they had received no reports of structural problems of a type that would be expected if there were any subsidence, and pointed out that the laser satellites had a measurement resolution of only 50 mm (2.0 in).[10]

Transportation

[edit]
The Palm Jumeirah Dubai's Monorail

The Palm Jumeirah Monorail is a 5.4-kilometre-long (3.4 mi) monorail connecting the Atlantis Hotel to the Gateway Towers at the foot of the island.[11][12] The monorail connects The Palm Jumeirah Dubai to the mainland, with a planned further extension to the Red Line of the Dubai Metro.[13] The line began operating on 30 April 2009.[14] It is the first monorail in the Middle East.[15]

Environment

[edit]

According to a study published in the journal Water in 2022, the construction of this island has had an effect on increasing water-soluble materials, changing the spectral profile of water and also increasing the temperature of the water surface around the island.[16]

The outer breakwater was designed as a continuous barrier, but by preventing natural tidal movement, the seawater within the Palm became stagnant. The breakwater was subsequently modified to create gaps on either side, allowing tidal movement to oxygenate the water within and prevent it from stagnating, albeit less efficiently than would be the case if the breakwater did not exist.[17][18]

In the summer seasons, jellyfish frequent the beaches surrounding the Palm.[19] In early 2020, due to the reduction of human activity during the COVID-19 pandemic, an increase in wildlife, such as dolphins, around The Palm Jumeirah was observed.[20]

Housing density

[edit]

After launching the project, it was revealed that the developer increased the number of residential units on the island (with a concomitant reduction in the amount of physical space between individual properties) from the originally announced 4,500 (comprising 2,000 villas purchased early in the expectation of greater separation between properties[21]). This increase was attributed to the developer miscalculating the actual cost of construction and requiring the raising of additional capital, although they had never commented publicly on the matter.[citation needed] The New York Times reported in 2009 that many people had bought houses before they were built and are furious about the space available now and the way they seem to be living on top of each other.[9]

Residential properties

[edit]

Palm Jumeirah has a varied array of buildings, ranging from townhouses to hotels to apartments and villas. The apartments are mostly concentrated on the Trunk, while the Fronds are bordered with villas.

Apartments range in size from 375 to 11,774 square feet (34.8 to 1,093.8 m2), from studios to 6-bedroom layouts. Each apartment normally has a large living space, en-suite bathrooms, fitted kitchens, and balconies or patios.

The community has villas with sizes between 4,000 and 35,000 square feet (370 and 3,250 m2) ranging from 2 to 10 bedrooms. There is direct beach access from these villas, which range in style from classic Arabic designs to modern high-tech alternatives.[22]

Notable residents

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  • Grigory Anikeev, one of the wealthiest deputies of the Russian State Duma, bought a $13 million penthouse apartment in the Serenia Residences of Palm Jumeirah in March 2022, shortly after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[23]
  • Mykola Zlochevskiy, a Ukrainian oil and natural gas businessman and oligarch who was Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources in the Viktor Yanukovych administration, owns two apartments in the W Residences worth $11 million.[24] Ukrainian authorities accused Zlochevskiy of embezzlement, leading him to plead guilty while transferring ownership of the properties to his daughter.[24]
  • Balvinder Singh Sahni, Indian businessman[25]
  • Joseph Johannes Leijdekkers, a Dutchman who goes by the name 'Chubby Jos', and is on European Union's Most Wanted List for alleged narcotics trafficking, is a resident in the Grandeur Residences of Palm Jumeirah.[26]
  • Danilo Vunjao Santana Gouveia, a Brazilian who goes by Dubaiano, and was indicted in Brazil for fraud and moneylaundering in relation to a Bitcoin pyramid scheme, is a resident in the Palm Tower Dubai.[26][27]
  • Obaid Khanani, a Pakistani national who was sanctioned by the U.S. in 2016 for alleged moneylaundering for drug traffickers and organized crime groups, is a resident in Five Palm Jumeirah.[27]
  • The ruling Aliyev family of Azerbaijan owns multiple properties in the Palm Jumeirah.[28][29]
  • Samuele Landi, an Italian fugitive businessperson, owns a villa in the Palm Jumeirah.[30]
  • Rasul Danialzadeh, an Iranian steel magnate sentenced to 16 years in prison for bribery, owns a villa in the Palm Jumeirah.[31]

Hotels and resorts

[edit]

As of 2024, The Palm Jumeirah Dubai has around 30 hotels, located in the trunk and outer crescent of the palm.

Trunk

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  • Adagio Premium The Palm
  • Andaz Dubai The Palm
  • Cheval Maison The Palm Dubai
  • Dukes The Palm, a Royal Hideaway Hotel[32]
  • Fairmont The Palm
  • FIVE Palm Jumeirah Hotel
  • Hilton Dubai Palm Jumeirah
  • Marriott Resort Palm Jumeirah Dubai
  • NH Collection Dubai The Palm
  • Radisson Beach Resort Palm Jumeirah
  • The St. Regis Dubai The Palm
  • Voco Dubai The Palm

Outer crescent

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  • Aloft Palm Jumeirah[33]
  • Anantara The Palm Dubai Resort
  • Atlantis, The Palm
  • Atlantis The Royal, Dubai[34]
  • C Central Resort The Palm
  • Jumeirah Zabeel Saray
  • Kempinski Hotel & Residences Palm Jumeirah
  • One&Only The Palm
  • Raffles The Palm Dubai
  • Rixos The Palm Hotel & Suites
  • Royal Central Hotel The Palm
  • Sofitel Dubai The Palm Resort & Spa
  • Taj Exotica Resort & Spa The Palm Dubai
  • Th8 Palm Dubai Beach Resort, Vignette Collection[35][36]
  • The Retreat Palm Dubai, MGallery by Sofitel
  • W Dubai The Palm
  • Waldorf Astoria Dubai Palm Jumeirah[37]
  • Wyndham Residences The Palm

Retail and dining destinations

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  • Al Ittihad Park
  • Choi Bar
  • Club Vista Mare
  • Golden Mile Galleria
  • Nakheel Mall[38]
  • Palm Views West and East
  • The Boardwalk

See also

[edit]
  • Palm Islands
  • The World (archipelago)
  • The Universe (Dubai)
  • Tourism in Dubai
  • Palm Grandeur
  • Jumeirah Islands
  • The Taj Exotica Hotel & Resort
  • Longshore drift

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[edit]
  • The Palm Islands Multimedia website
  • The Palm Tower website

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Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, photography is allowed during Helicopter Tour Dubai, making it perfect for capturing aerial views of Dubai.

Comfortable clothing and closed shoes are recommended for Helicopter Tour Dubai for a smooth experience.

Helicopter Tour Dubai is perfect for first time visitors who want to see the city highlights quickly and comfortably.