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contour map

See radio-source structure.
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Contour map

A topographic map that portrays relief by the use of contour lines which connect points of equal elevation; the closer the spacing of lines, the greater relative slope in that area.
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contour map

[′kän‚tu̇r ‚map]
(mapping)
A map displaying topographic or structural contour lines.
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contour map

A topographic map which portrays relief by the use of contour lines which connect points of equal elevation; the closer the spacing of the lines, the greater the relative slope.
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Although elevation mapping technology now allows production of DEMs directly from measured points, accurate interpolation from contours is still important in areas where high-resolution DEMs are not available (Taud et al., 1999; Werbrouck et al., 2011) or in cases where historical contour maps are used to evaluate topographic change (Carley et al., 2012).
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To prepare contour maps of groundwater level, hydraulic head of different points has been calculated (hydraulic head = surface elevation--depth to groundwater).
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The noise contour map is constructed by repeating the above steps for all nodes, and by connecting points having equal sound level.
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The contour maps of the transient tracer gas concentrations were generated using the software Tecplot (Version 8.0, Amtec Engineering, Inc.).
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The program takes all of the points, inputs them, and connects all of the points of equal elevation and develops a complete contour map for the DMS to use in its planning and designing.
Continuous kinematic surveying throughout Iraq
If more data had been received, a color-coded limiting-magnitude contour map could have been created, which would have revealed where the brightest skies in the Charleston area were.
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One contour map obtained in this study is based on the ground motion corresponds to 475-yr return period.
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