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or|tho|pho|to «óR thoh _FOH toh», noun.

a composite photograph of terrain, made by joining narrow strips of other photographs so that the finished picture is fully corrected in scale, position, etc.: »

Whereas an aerial photograph of rolling or mountainous terrain will have inherent scale and angular distortions, the orthophoto is true to scale; shapes, angles, and distances are correct (George G. Alexandridis).