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CARTE OCCUPATION SOL [1 record]

Record 1 2010-05-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cartography
  • Remote Sensing
DEF

Map of ground features that can be differentiated on a scene (e.g., urban areas, bare land, pasture, etc.).

CONT

New NASA land cover maps are providing scientists with the most refined global picture ever produced of the distribution of Earth's ecosystems and land use patterns. High-quality land cover maps aid scientists and policy makers involved in natural resource management and a range of research and global monitoring objectives.

OBS

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cartographie
  • Télédétection
DEF

[...] une carte thématique qui décrit d'une façon exhaustive le milieu.

OBS

Chaque thème est classé et représenté par un code associé à une légende qui indique la nature de l'objet (forêt, parcours urbain, cultures annuelles, cultures maraîchères etc...)

OBS

carte d'occupation du sol; C.O.S. : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de RADARSAT-2 (GTTR).

Spanish

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