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MOSAIC PREPARATION [1 record]

Record 1 2011-08-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remote Sensing
DEF

The assembling of photographs or other images whose edges are cut and matched to form a continuous photographic representation of a portion of the Earth's surface.

OBS

This [process] can be undertaken for display or analysis purposes although can introduce errors when classifying as each individual image has been acquired under slightly different environmental conditions.

OBS

mosaicking; mosaic preparation: terms used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télédétection
DEF

Travail qui consiste à réaliser une «mosaïque».

CONT

Le mosaïcage est le processus d’assemblage des images.

OBS

Il faut éviter de confondre le mosaïquage (action de mosaïquer) et la mosaïque (document résultant de cette action). Le mosaïquage comprend habituellement des opérations de mise à une échelle moyenne (scale matching), de compensations radiométrique (radiometric matching) et colorimétrique (colo(u)r balancing), de mise en place (setting) et d'assemblage (assembling) des images composantes prétraitées.

OBS

mosaïquage : terme et définition approuvés par la Commission ministérielle de terminologie de la télédétection aérospatiale, Paris, France.

OBS

mosaïquage; mosaïcage; préparation de mosaïques; construction de mosaïques : termes en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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