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carte en relief [2 records]

Record 1 2021-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cartography
DEF

A map showing relief by any convention, such as by tints, hachures, contours or shading.

CONT

Echo sounding is the ocean counterpart of land surveying. Acoustic waves propagating through the water column are used to measure depth of the sea floor and draft relief maps similar to land relief maps.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cartographie
DEF

Carte qui reproduit le relief au moyen de hachures, d'ombrages ou de tout autre méthode graphique qui suit une règle établie.

CONT

La bathymétrie est le pendant en milieu marin de la topographie terrestre. Elle permet, à l'aide d'ondes acoustiques se propageant dans la colonne d'eau, de mesurer la profondeur d'eau du fond marin et d'établir des cartes de relief similaires aux cartes topographiques de surface.

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cartography
CONT

A raised-relief map or terrain model is a three-dimensional representation, usually of terrain, materialized as a physical artifact. When representing terrain, the vertical dimension is usually exaggerated by a factor between five and ten; this facilitates the visual recognition of terrain features.

OBS

raised relief map: term officially approved by the RADARSAT-2 Terminology Approval Group (RTAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cartographie
CONT

Les cartes en relief sont une autre manière d’appréhender la représentation d’une région, d’un massif montagneux [...] grâce à la 3D.

OBS

carte en relief : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de RADARSAT-2 (GTTR).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cartografía
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