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SUIVI COURBES [1 record]

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Record 1 1986-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
  • Mathematical Geography
DEF

Manual, semi-automatic, or automatic following of lines represented in a two-dimensional copy by means of the measuring device of the digitizer with simultaneous automatic measurement of absolute or incremental rectangular coordinates of points on the line in predefined time and/or distance intervals.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie
  • Géographie mathématique
DEF

Action de suivre, sur un document à deux dimensions, une courbe avec le viseur ou le capteur d'un numériseur. On obtient les coordonnées incrémentielles /ou absolues/ des points de la courbe suivie, échantillonnées à intervalles constants ou non de temps ou de distance (...) Le suivi peut être manuel, semi-automatique ou automatique.

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