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MAP INTERFACE [3 records]

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Record 1 2006-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
  • Computer Display Technology
CONT

Dubbed the WIMP (Window, Icon, Mouse, Pull-down menus), graphic interfaces began to provide a relatively consistent look for both users and software developers.

CONT

... imagine how a student would solve symbolic integration with a modern WIMP interface. She might be presented with a menu of transformations to apply.... she might be able to map the general form of the transformation onto the specific example by selecting parts of the example using the mouse...

Key term(s)
  • windows icons mouse pull-down menu

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie
  • Techniques d'affichage (Ordinateurs)
CONT

une interface à base de «Wimp» c'est-à-dire de fenêtres (windows), d'icônes (icons), de souris (mouse) et de menus déroulant (pull down) [...] Ces interfaces WIMP sont en 1990 [...].

OBS

Source : Compatibles PC Magazine, n° 32, mars 1990, page 19.

Spanish

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Record 2 2002-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remote Sensing
DEF

A antenna polarization selection (transmit and receive) that maximizes the received power from a given class of scatterers.

OBS

These optimum polarization states will be related to different independent scattering mechanisms that lead to the locally best height estimation. In case of buried mine detection, it is expected to find two coherence maxima : the mine and the surface clutter(or air-ground interface). After generating the two interferograms corresponding to these optimum polarization states, one can extract the height difference between them. The resulting height difference map will exhibit some peaks at those positions where the mines are buried, whereas it will remain close to zero at those zones of the image where only a single natural surface scattering process can be found.

OBS

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télédétection
DEF

Sélection de polarisations d'antenne (émission et en réception) servant à maximiser la puissance reçue d'une classe donnée de diffuseurs.

CONT

Une polarisation optimale permet d'améliorer la force du signal pour les mesures par images de particules.

OBS

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

Spanish

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Record 3 2000-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Communications (Air Forces)
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
CONT

... BASE has designed and manufactured the interface card and the... modules, together with the ground support equipment for rapid obstacle and map loading.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Communications aériennes (Forces aériennes)
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)

Spanish

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