Line+drawings

In geography, line drawings are illustrations which are made using a photograph. When that drawing of a landscape is made in the field, then it is called a field sketch.

Recording large amounts of detailed information in a written format can be complicated and time consuming. A particularly useful method of recording the information in a photograph is by making a line drawing of the image. This is a good way of highlighting the main features.

When undertaking fieldwork, geographers often find that it is more effective to photograph a landscape rather than describe it. There are times, however, when the geographer needs to capture a scene but is without the equipment (camera) to do so. Since field sketches only require a pencil, some paper and something to lean on, they are a quick and simple way of recording the necessary information.

reproduce the image below as a line drawing: