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PHOTOGRAPH MOSAIC [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 2002-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
  • Mathematical Geography
DEF

The ratio of a distance measured on a photograph or mosaic to the corresponding distance on the ground, classified as follows : a. very large scale 1 : 4, 900 and larger, b. large scale 1 : 5, 000 to 1 : 9, 999, c. medium scale 1 : 10, 000 to 1 : 24, 999, d. small scale 1 : 25, 000 to 1;49, 999, e. very small scale 1 : 50, 000 and smaller.

OBS

photographic scale: term and definition standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
  • Géographie mathématique
DEF

Rapport entre une distance mesurée sur une photographie ou une mosaïque d'une part et la distance correspondante sur le terrain d'autre part. La classification des échelles est la suivante: a. très grande échelle l:4.999 et au-dessus; b. grande échelle de 1:5.000 à 1:9.999; c. échelle moyenne de 1:10.000 à 1:24.999; d. petite échelle de 1:25.000 à 1:49.999; e. très petite échelle de 1:50.000 et au-dessous.

OBS

échelle photographique : terme et définition normalisés par l'OTAN.

Spanish

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

Relación entre la distancia, medida en la fotografía o mosaico de fotografías, y la correspondiente distancia en el terreno; se clasifica de la siguiente manera: a. escala muy grande 1:4.999 ó mayor; b. escala grande: 1:5.000 a 1:9.999; c. escala media: 1:10.000 a 1:24.999; d. escala pequeña: 1:25.000 a 1:49.999; e. escala muy pequeña 1:50.000 y menor.

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