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GEOCODAGE [1 record]

Record 1 2017-08-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematical Geography
  • Cartography
  • Remote Sensing
DEF

... the process of transforming a description of a location - such as a pair of coordinates, an address, or a name of a place - to a location on the earth's surface.

OBS

geocoding: term officially approved by the RADARSAT-2 Terminology Approval Group (RTAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géographie mathématique
  • Cartographie
  • Télédétection
DEF

[...] transformation d'une description d'un emplacement (par exemple, une paire de coordonnées, une adresse ou un nom de lieu) en un emplacement à la surface de la Terre.

OBS

Cette opération comporte généralement des corrections géométriques et radiométriques, une transformation des coordonnées et un rééchantillonnage des pixels, qui l'apparentent à un prétraitement.

OBS

géocodage : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de RADARSAT-2 (GTTR).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geografía matemática
  • Cartografía
  • Teledetección
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