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BALISAGE GEOGRAPHIQUE [2 records]

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Record 1 2024-04-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Programming Languages
  • Cartography
  • Mathematical Geography
  • Toponymy
DEF

[An] XML grammar for expressing geographical features standardized by the ... Open Geospatial Consortium.

CONT

The main purpose of GML is to provide a standard means for representing information about geospatial features—their properties, interrelationships, and so on. Features describe real world entities and are the fundamental objects used in GML.

Key term(s)
  • Geography Mark-up Language

French

Domaine(s)
  • Langages de programmation
  • Cartographie
  • Géographie mathématique
  • Toponymie
CONT

Le langage GML a pour principal but de préciser une méthode uniforme de représenter l’information au sujet d’entités géographiques, comme leurs propriétés, leurs relations réciproques, etc. Les entités géographiques décrivent des entités du monde réel et constituent les objets fondamentaux utilisés dans le langage GML.

Spanish

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Record 2 2018-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Physical Geography
  • Wireless and Mobile Communications
DEF

The process of adding geographical identification metadata to various media such as photographs, videos, websites, SMS [short message service] messages, or RSS feeds.

OBS

RSS stands for "RDF [Resource Description Framework] Site Summary," "Rich Site Summary" or "Really Simple Syndication," depending on the version of RSS.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Géographie physique
  • Communications sans fil et mobiles
DEF

Processus d’ajout de métadonnées d’identification géographique à divers médias tels que les images, les vidéos, les sites Web, les messages textes ou les flux RSS.

OBS

RSS est l’acronyme du terme anglais «RDF [Resource Description Framework] Site Summary», «Rich Site Summary» ou «Really Simple Syndication» selon la version.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
  • Geografía física
  • Comunicaciones móviles e inalámbricas
DEF

Proceso de agregar metadatos de identificación geográfica a medios como, por ejemplo, fotografías, videos, sitios [web] o contenidos en formato RSS [...]

CONT

El geoetiquetado es una técnica que almacena como información adicional las coordenadas GPS [sistema mundial de determinación de la posición] del lugar donde ha sido creado el archivo de imagen.

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