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CHARTING BODIES WATER [1 record]

Record 1 2010-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
CONT

Hydrographic Surveys Limited provides the following services: bathymetric surveys for charting/dredging/engineering projects, including geophysical surveys for sub-bottom profiling ...

CONT

Hydrographic charting requires specialized training not usually obtained through normal academic institutes. Cartographers receive in-house training in areas of: ... Geodesy and projections relevant to hydrographic charting; Cartographic presentation of navigational charts ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Études et analyses environnementales
CONT

Relèvement hydrographique du Golfo-Dulce [...]

CONT

Planifier et superviser l'exécution et l'exploitation des relèvements hydrographiques et océanographiques, dans les postes occupés à l'Institut hydrographique; [...]

OBS

relèvement : (marine, topographie) : Action de déterminer et de noter la position, la configuration, la disposition de quelque chose; p. méton., le résultat obtenu. [P. ex. :] Faire le relèvement d'une côte; porter un relèvement sur la carte. Nous n'avons pas laissé un seul point des deux côtes sans relèvement (Voy. La Pérouse, t. 3, 1797, p. 74). Dumont-d'Urville, put [...] poursuivre [...] ses intéressants travaux de relèvements, qui ont valu de si belles cartes au dépôt de la marine (Verne, Enf. cap. Grant, t. 3, 1868, p. 21).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
  • Estudios y análisis del medio ambiente
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