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MAP COMPILATION [5 records]

Record 1 2023-12-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names
  • Data Banks and Databases
  • Cartography
  • Remote Sensing
OBS

The Aerial Survey Data Base(ASDB) is a data bank of photogrammetric control points that have been established through the process of aerotriangulation. The primary purpose of this data base is to provide a minimum of 4 points for the compilation of each photogrammetric model contained in a 1/50 000 National Topographic System(NTS) map sheet.

Key term(s)
  • Aerial Survey Database

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes
  • Banques et bases de données
  • Cartographie
  • Télédétection
OBS

La Banque de données des levés aériens (BDLA) est une banque de données de points de contrôle photogrammétriques qui ont été établis par le procédé d'aérotriangulation. Le but premier de cette banque de données est de fournir au moins 4 points pour la compilation de chaque modèle photogrammétrique formant chaque carte au 1/50 000 du Système national de référence topographique (SNRC).

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-09-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cartography
DEF

A sample of a new map, made for inspection before printing all the required maps, to disclose errors or problems which may occur in compilation, drafting and reproduction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cartographie
OBS

pilote : deuxième élément de noms composés, signifiant [...] «qui peut servir d'exemple» [...]

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cartography
DEF

The process of extracting map detail from existing maps, aerial photographs, and other sources, and the preparation of a new or improved map based on this detail.

CONT

Map compilation is the preparation of new or revised maps by assembling data extracted from existing maps, aerial photographs, surveys and thematic research. The result is called a map manuscript or fair drawing.

CONT

Chart compilation and drawing are in the hands of a team of civilian hydrographic officers and draughtsmen who work in the Hydrographic Branch of the Navy Department in Wellington.

OBS

A chart is a special type of map, such as for navigation purposes (hydrographic chart or bathymetric chart), that may convey other information than purely geographic.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cartographie
OBS

compilation : En cartographie, sélection, assemblage et présentation graphique de toutes les informations pertinentes nécessaires à la préparation d'une nouvelle carte ou de la nouvelle édition d'une carte. Ces informations peuvent provenir d'autres cartes, de photographies aériennes, de levés, de données nouvelles, et de sources diverses.

Spanish

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Record 4 2007-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
  • Spacecraft
  • Remote Sensing
DEF

The process of eliminating locational and content discrepancies in the representation of features at the edges of adjacent map sheets or tiles when joining them into one coverage.

CONT

Edge Matching [is an] important part of the creation of a digital map or GIS database. One digital map may encompass many paper maps, but when the paper maps are laid edge-to-edge, features running across boundaries of the map sheets are not always properly aligned. These misalignments occur for many reasons including survey error, cartographic generalization, and problems of map projection and compilation. Edge matching is a term applied to a variety of techniques employed to resolve these inconsistencies, including warping and rubber sheeting.

OBS

edge matching: term officially approved by the RADARSAT-2 Terminology Approval Group (RTAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
  • Engins spatiaux
  • Télédétection
DEF

Élimination des erreurs spatiales et de contenu produites aux limites de feuillets cartographiques ou de tuiles lors de leur fusion.

OBS

agencement des contours : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de RADARSAT-2 (GTTR).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Guía radárica, radioguía y radiogoniometría
  • Naves espaciales
  • Teledetección
DEF

Operación que consiste en ajustar las entidades lineales localizadas en los bordes de dos mapas adyacentes con el fin de hacerlas coincidir lógicamente en un mapa digital continuo.

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Record 5 1984-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematical Geography
OBS

... map compilation image on which names are handwritten to guide draftmen in type selection and type affixing process...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géographie mathématique

Spanish

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