Kuva mu mpera za 1960 no mu ntangiriro za 1970, sisitemu nyinshi zisanzwe zo gufotora mu kirere zasimbuwe na sisitemu zo mu kirere zikoresha amashanyarazi n'ibikoresho by'ikoranabuhanga. Nubwo gufotora mu kirere bisanzwe bikora cyane cyane mu isanzure ry'urumuri rugaragara, sisitemu zigezweho zo gufotora mu kirere no ku butaka zikora amakuru ya digitale akubiyemo urumuri rugaragara, infrared reflective, infrared thermal, na micro-onde spectral regions. Uburyo gakondo bwo gusobanura amashusho mu gufotora mu kirere buracyafasha. Nyamara, gufotora mu kirere bikubiyemo ibikorwa byinshi, harimo ibikorwa by'inyongera nko gushushanya imiterere y'ibintu, gupima ibintu mu kirere, no gusesengura amashusho mu buryo bwa digitale kugira ngo hamenyekane amakuru.
Gupima kure, bivuga ku bice byose by'ubuhanga bwo gupima kure bitanyuze mu buryo bworoshye, ni uburyo bukoresha amashanyarazi kugira ngo bumenye, bwandike kandi bupime imiterere y'ikintu runaka kandi ibisobanuro byatanzwe bwa mbere mu myaka ya 1950. Urwego rwo gupima kure no gukora ikarita, rugabanyijemo uburyo bubiri bwo gupima: gupima imikorere n'imikorere idakora, aho gupima Lidar ari imikorere, ishobora gukoresha ingufu zayo kugira ngo yohereze urumuri ku kintu runaka no kumenya urumuri ruturutse kuri cyo.