This document discusses different types of aerial photographs used for mapping, including black and white, color, and near-infrared photographs. It also describes some basic elements of aerial photographs like fiducial marks and principal points. Finally, it outlines different types of geometric errors that can occur in vertical aerial photography, such as optical distortion, tilt, roll distortion, crab distortion, and pitch distortion, and how they are caused by factors like camera problems or aircraft motion.