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PICTOCARTE [3 records]

Record 1 1999-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
  • Cartography
DEF

A photomap in which a continuous-tone photomosaic, which may or may not have been constructed from orthophotographs, has been converted by means of a series of photomechanical processes, known as the "pictoline process", into a form more readily interpreted.

Key term(s)
  • photographic image conversion by tonal masking procedures

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
  • Cartographie
DEF

Document obtenu par un procédé photographique de reproduction d’une image en demi-teintes, le plus souvent une photographie aérienne, évitant l’emploi d’une trame en provoquant la décomposition directe de l’image en points très fins selon une structure irrégulière.

Spanish

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Record 2 1985-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematical Geography

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géographie mathématique
OBS

Source : Lexis, Pictographie.

Spanish

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Record 3 1985-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Physical Geography

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géographie physique
OBS

Source : Lexis, Pictographie

Spanish

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