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IGARSS [2 records]

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Record 1 2006-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cartography
  • Remote Sensing
DEF

An assembly of overlapping photographs that have been matched to form a continuous photographic representation of a portion of the surface of the Earth.

CONT

Saint-Hubert, July 12, 2001-A mosaic of Australia taken by RADARSAT-1, the renowned Synthetic Aperture Radar(SAR) satellite operated by the Canadian Space Agency(CSA), was presented today to conference delegates attending the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium(IGARSS) in Sydney, Australia.

OBS

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cartographie
  • Télédétection
DEF

Assemblage de photographies se recoupant et qui ont été disposées de manière à réaliser une représentation continue d'une partie de la surface terrestre.

CONT

Cette mosaïque de l'Afrique est composée d'environ 1 600 scènes en mode large et en mode ScanSAR large [...] acquises entre 1997 et 2002.

OBS

mosaïque : 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

Conjunto de fotografías solapadas que se acoplan para formar una representación fotográfica continua de una parte de la superficie terrestre.

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Record 2 1987-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meetings
OBS

IGARSS’82, June 1-4, sponsored by the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society in Munich, Germany. IGARSS’85, Oct. 7-9, Univ. of Massachusetts, U.S.. IGARSS’87, May 18-21, Univ. of Michigan, U.S. Information for the IGARSS’82 and IGARSS’85 are in the National Union Catalog, 1986, no. b-264-418 and b-074-137. Information for the 1987, from the Canadian Remote Sensing Training Institute.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réunions

Spanish

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