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Record 1 2007-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cartography
  • Remote Sensing
DEF

In photogrammetry, a map made from an image or image mosaic, usually overlaid with a grid or graticule, and cartographically enhanced to aid interpretation.

CONT

An image that has been processed to be like a map in appearance, scale, geometry, boundary, and projection with a degree of precision that satisfies the user. Measurements made from an image map yield results equal to those made from the corresponding planimetric, topographic, or other map. Similarly, either the image map or the conventional map can be overlaid and matched with the other.

OBS

It may be in hard or soft copy format and be capable of substituting a conventional map product.

OBS

image map: term and definition standardized by NATO; term officially approved by the RADARSAT-2 Terminology Approval Group (RTAG).

PHR

Calibrated, satellite image map.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cartographie
  • Télédétection
DEF

En photogrammétrie, carte dont le fond est constitué, soit par une image, soit par une mosaïque d'images, sur laquelle sont généralement appliqués un carroyage ou des graticules et qui contient des renseignements cartographiques qui en facilitent l'interprétation.

CONT

Une iconocarte [...] est une image que l'on a géocodée, c'est-à-dire rééchantillonnée dans une projection cartographique, et qui a subi éventuellement des surcharges graphiques, issues ou non de l'interprétation de l'image elle-même.

OBS

Elle [iconocarte] peut se présenter sous format papier ou format numérique et peut remplacer la carte classique.

OBS

On citera par exemple : la carte sur fond d'image multibande de satellite ou la carte sur fond d'image-radar.

OBS

inconocarte : terme et définition normalisés par l'OTAN; terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de RADARSAT-2 (GTTR).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cartografía
  • Teledetección
DEF

Imagen que ha sido procesada para parecerse a un mapa en apariencia, escala, geometría, límites y proyección, con un grado de precisión que satisface al usuario.

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Record 2 2001-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications
CONT

From each trio of images, a "disparity map" is calculated, reflecting the degree of variation among the images at all points in the visual field. The disparities are then analyzed to yield depths that would account for the differences between what each camera sees.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications

Spanish

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