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Record 1 2016-07-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematical Geography
CONT

There are many copies of the same N. T. S.(National Topographic System) flight line index maps... Look at the index map, find your area and locate the nearest flight line to it. Select the flight line number... and determine the individual photo number...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géographie mathématique

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cartography
DEF

A graphic key primarily designed to give the relationship between sheets of a series, their coverage, availability, and further information on the series.

OBS

map index; chart index : terms and definition standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cartographie
DEF

Graphique de base destiné essentiellement à indiquer les positions relatives des différentes feuilles d'une série de cartes et, pour chacune d'entre elles, la zone qu'elle couvre, sa mise en service effective et éventuellement, d'autres renseignements sur la série.

OBS

carte-index : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

OBS

schéma d'assemblage; carte index : termes et définition normalisés par l'OTAN.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cartografía
DEF

Clave gráfica, diseñada fundamentalmente para dar la relación entre hojas de una serie, su cobertura, disponibilidad y cualquier otra información sobre la serie.

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Record 3 2011-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Cartography
DEF

A line of equal grade of metamorphism drawn on a map to distinguish metamorphic zones defined by index minerals.

OBS

isograd: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Cartographie
DEF

Ligne réunissant des points correspondants [...] à des stades identiques de métamorphisme [...]

CONT

La cartographie des ensembles métamorphiques [...] reporte les isogrades ou lieux d'égale intensité métamorphique. Deux isogrades successifs limitent un domaine appelé zone métamorphique, un certain intervalle d'intensité de métamorphisme, caractérisé par un lot défini de minéraux (minéral-faciès).

CONT

[...] signalant le plus souvent la première apparition d'un minéral, les isogrades font jouer aux minéraux repères du métamorphisme le rôle qu'ont les fossiles d'étage de la stratigraphie.

CONT

On peut passer de l'isograde du grenat à celui de la sillimanite en 4 km.

OBS

D'après les sources FOUGE (Dictionnaire de géologie, par A. Foucault et J.-F. Raoult), MOPET 1993 (Dictionnaire des sciences et techniques du pétrole, par M. Moureau et G. Brace) et BESEN 1998 (Dictionnaire polytechnique, par M.-O. Bouna-Aly), le nom isograde est féminin. Dans toutes les autres sources consultées, il est masculin.

OBS

isograde : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 4 2007-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cartography
  • Aerial-Photography Prospecting
  • Photography
DEF

In aerial photography, a map showing the location and numbers of flight strips and photographs.

OBS

index map : term used at Natural Resources Canada-Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cartographie
  • Prospection par photographie aérienne
  • Photographie
DEF

Carte sur laquelle sont indiquées les limites des bandes de photographies aériennes prises au cours d'un relevé photoaérien ainsi que les limites et le numérotage des photographies nécessaires dans chacune de ces bandes.

OBS

carte-index : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 5 2006-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remote Sensing
CONT

The performance of SPOT-4, Landsat-7, and RADARSAT-1 SAR satellite data were compared to identify and map surficial deposits. Different spectral indices(normalized difference vegetation index(NDVI), transformed soil adjusted vegetation index(TSAVI), redness index(RI), form index(IF), coloration index(CI), intensity, hue, and saturation) and textural features(mean, standard deviation, angular second moment, entropy, etc.) were extracted from these datasets and used in the mapping process.

OBS

coloration index; CI: term and abbreviation officially approved by the RADARSAT-2 Terminology Approval Group (RTAG).

Key term(s)
  • colouration index

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télédétection
CONT

Les potentiels des données satellitaires SPOT-4, Landsat-7 et RADARSAT-1 sont comparées afin de cartographier les formations meubles. Différents indices spectraux («normalized difference vegetation index» (NDVI), «transformed soil adjusted vegetation index» (TSAVI), «redness index» (RI), indice de forme (IF), indice de coloration (IC), intensité, teinte et saturation) de même que des indices de texture (moyenne, écart type, second moment angulaire, entropie, etc.) sont extraits de ces images satellitaires.

OBS

indice de coloration : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de RADARSAT-2 (GTTR).

Spanish

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Record 6 2004-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vulcanology and Seismology
  • Geophysics
  • Cartography
CONT

If the effect of ground in modifying the intensity [of ground motion due to an earthquake] at adjacent points is mapped with attention to detail, an isoseismal chart becomes an index to danger spots to be avoided in future construction or calling for special safety measures... The geologist looks at an isoseismal map as evidence of what went on in the basement rock...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Volcanologie et sismologie
  • Géophysique
  • Cartographie
CONT

[Une carte] montrant les aires dans lesquelles les intensités [d'un séisme] sont de degrés variés [est appelée] carte isoséismale [...]

Spanish

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Record 7 2004-05-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematical Geography
DEF

A photograph of an uncontrolled assembly of complete contact prints of vertical air-photographs intended to serve as an index or as a map substitute.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géographie mathématique
DEF

Assemblage d'épreuves photographiques directement tirées, généralement par contact, de clichés aériens à axe vertical, et qui sont juxtaposées en assurant au mieux le raccord des détails.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geografía matemática
DEF

Índice gráfico compuesto por yuxtaposición de fotos independientes colocadas en su debida posición relativa, para copiar después fotográficamente el conjunto así formado a una escala reducida.

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Record 8 2004-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematical Geography
  • Cartography
DEF

A real mark, such as a cross or dot, lying in the plane or the object space of a photograph and used singly as a reference mark in certain types of monocular instruments, or as one of a pair to form a floating mark as in certain types of stereoscopes. In stereoscopic map plotting instruments which utilize a stereo pair of index marks, each mark is called a half-mark.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géographie mathématique
  • Cartographie

Spanish

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Record 9 2001-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cartography
  • Aerial-Photography Prospecting
DEF

An index made by marking the position of the principal points, or the outlines of each aerial photograph, on an existing map.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cartographie
  • Prospection par photographie aérienne
DEF

Schéma réalisé en indiquant sur une carte pré-existante la position des points principaux et (ou) les points saillants de chaque photo aérienne dont on dispose.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cartografía
  • Prospección con ayuda de fotografía aérea
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Record 10 1999-07-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Areal Planning (Urban Studies)
  • Highway Administration
CONT

Act 148 lists specific powers of an EAC, including the development and maintenance of "an index of all open areas, publicly or privately owned, including, but not limited to flood-prone areas, swamps, and other unique natural areas, for the purpose of obtaining information on the proper use of such areas. "An open space index should include both a listing of open space parcels and a map indicating where they are located. It can be part of an environmental resource inventory(see chapter 5) or developed independently. An open space index is useful, for example, when it is correlated with identified natural resources or unique natural areas to assist in determining which parcels, or portions of parcels, should be protected. It should also include recommendations for protective measures.

OBS

See record "open space / espace vert."

Key term(s)
  • index of open spaces
  • open area index

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aménagement du territoire
  • Administration des routes
OBS

Voir la fiche «espace vert / open space».

Spanish

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