A method of collecting information by utilizing aerial photography. or from remote sensing technology using other bands of the electromagnetic spectrum, such as infrared, gamma-ray, or ultraviolet.

A camera that is placed on an aircraft or anything else that goes into the sky, used to get a bird's-eye view of locations.

(firefighting) A mechanically-extendable ladder mounted to a fire engine.

Any type of information-gathering accomplished from an aerospace vehicle in flight.

A large assortment of cables, suspended above the ground at a minesite or quarry, used to transport tools and equipment over rough territory.

An arrangement of overhead cables suspended from towers and supporting travelling buckets used for transporting ore, rock, materials and or people, usually over rough terrain.

A system involving an enclosed carriage suspended on a series of wires, usually attached to a steep mountain slope, used for personal transportation over normally untraversable territory.

Synonym of zipline

(botany) Any adventitious root that grows from a plant stem above ground.

plural of aerial root