science

Geofoto

Geofoto is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Geofoto rather than just read about it. In short: Geofoto was a Croatian company with 260 employees headquartered in Zagreb, Croatia with subsidiaries in Norway, North Macedonia, Slovenia, Bolivia, Argentina, United Arab Emirates, Czech Republic and United Kingdom. Its main fields are Geomatics activities such as photogrammetry and geographic information systems (GIS).

Key takeaways

Geofoto belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Geofoto to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Geofoto from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Geofoto was a Croatian company with 260 employees headquartered in Zagreb, Croatia with subsidiaries in Norway, North Macedonia, Slovenia, Bolivia, Argentina, United Arab Emirates, Czech Republic and United Kingdom. Its main fields are Geomatics activities such as photogrammetry and geographic information systems (GIS). In Croatia it has won a number of business awards.

History The company was founded in 1993 in Croatia and became the country's first aerial survey service and the lead producer of new topographic maps after the Croatian War of Independence. Exporting activities started in early 2000s (decade) and peaked in 2008 when the company acquired Geodetski zavod Slovenije d.d., the largest Slovenian surveying company for 4.5 million euros, ProCaptura, the Norwegian producer of advanced large format scanners, and Zenit, the largest Macedonian geodetic company. In February 2010 the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) announced the acquisition of a 9.6% share of Geofoto for 4 million euros, estimating the value of the company to €42 million, and projecting its increase to €230 million in seven years. In March 2013, the EBRD has filed a petition for bankruptcy against the company. After the fall of Croatia's Prime Minister Ivo Sanader, one of the closest friends of company owner Zvonko Biljecki, without his support the company slowly fell apart. In December 2017, company declared bankruptcy.

Fleet and technology For aerial survey purposes, the company owns four aircraft equipped with Vexcel UltraCamX digital cameras and a LiDAR mapping system IGI LiteMapper 6800-400:

Cessna Citation II Piper Aztec Two Piper Cheyennes

Awards Geofoto is recipient of several awards in business, technology and humanitarian work. The notable awards include:

International Cartographic Association: First world prize for the best photomap of urban area, ICA Conference Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 1999 International Cartographic Association: First world prize for the best orientation map (map of the Upper Town of Zagreb), ICA Conference Beijing, China, 2001 Croatian Chamber of Economy awarded Geofoto with the certificate "Zlatna Kuna", the award for the most successful middle-sized Croatian company

References

External links Official website

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Geofoto

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Geofoto claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Geofoto before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Geofoto ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Geofoto

In research: Geofoto appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Geofoto in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Geofoto is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1993 establishments in Croatia, Companies based in Zagreb, Companies disestablished in 2017, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Geofoto outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Geofoto in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Geofoto means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Geofoto out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Geofoto in simple terms?

Why does Geofoto matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Geofoto?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Geofoto.