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GLOBAL MAP [17 records]

Record 1 2018-04-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Applications of Automation
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

If the robot swarm is able to join multiple instances of individual perceptions to one big global picture(e. g. to collectively construct a sort of map), then the swarm can perform efficiently and such a swarm can target complex tasks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Automatisation et applications
  • Intelligence artificielle
CONT

Les chercheurs en robotique collective, eux, prennent la complexité à bras le corps. Car un essaim de robots répond exactement à ce qu'on attend d'un système complexe : un ensemble constitué de nombreux éléments, affectant un comportement qui ne peut être déduit simplement de l'analyse de ses parties […]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Automatización y aplicaciones
  • Inteligencia artificial
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Record 2 2015-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
  • Air Safety
CONT

The Federal Aviation Administration(FAA) has approved the use of Allied Signal' s enhanced ground proximity warning system(EGPWS) on all American Airlines Boeing 757 aircraft.... The new EGPWS provides a detailed map of the terrain in the vicinity of the aircraft. Using an existing navigation system, such as the Global Positioning System(GPS), the aircraft's position is correlated with a database-driven terrain map which provides the pilot with real time awareness of the aircraft's position. The moving map, which is displayed on a cockpit screen, will aid the pilot in maintaining proper altitude and terrain clearance.

OBS

enhanced ground proximity warning system; EGPWS: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
  • Sécurité (Transport aérien)
OBS

Les avions de ligne sont en général équipés pour détecter ces dangers : radar météo, système d'alerte de proximité du sol GPWS ou système anticollision TCAS [...]

OBS

système d'avertissement de proximité du sol amélioré; dispositif renforcé d'avertissement de proximité du sol; EGPWS : termes et abréviation uniformisés par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instrumentos y equipo de vuelo (Industria aeronáutica)
  • Seguridad (Transporte aéreo)
OBS

sistema mejorado de advertencia de la proximidad del terreno; EGPWS: término y abreviatura aceptados oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

OBS

sistema mejorado de advertencia de la proximidad del terreno; EGPWS: término y abreviatura aceptados officiellemente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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Record 3 2011-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecology (General)
  • Biogeography
DEF

Found throughout the high latitude forests of the northern hemisphere; that is, in North America and Eurasia.

CONT

Circumboreal. Plant and animal species widespread in the higher latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere, occurring in both North America and Eurasia. ... The common Canoe Country shrubs, Sweet Gale (Myrica gale) and Small Cranberry (Vaccinium oxycoccus) are circumboreal, as are the Goshawk (Accipiter gracilis) and Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus).

CONT

The second component is the Global Boreal Forest Mapping Project which will map the world's boreal regions for circumboreal baseline/change monitoring, modeling of regional-circumboreal change, and for use in economic and social planning.

OBS

Sometimes referred to as circumpolar, [but this term refers more precisely to a distribution area that circles either the north pole or south pole and corresponds to the French term "circumpolaire".]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
  • Biogéographie
DEF

Se dit des organismes dont l'aire de distribution se situe autour du sommet du monde dans la zone boréale.

Spanish

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Record 4 2008-09-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of International Programs
  • Environmental Economics
  • Climate Change
  • Air Pollution
OBS

The Global Assessment of Human Induced Soil Degradation(GLASOD) was conducted by the International Soil Reference and Information Centre(ISRIC) at Wageningen, The Netherlands, as commissioned by the United Nations Environment Programme(UNEP). ISRIC produced a 1 : 10 million scale wall chart in 1990 and subsequently produced a digital data set. In essence, the GLASOD data base contains information on soil degradation within map units as reported by numerous soil experts around the world through a questionnaire. It includes the type, degree, extent, cause and rate of soil degradation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes internationaux
  • Économie environnementale
  • Changements climatiques
  • Pollution de l'air

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de programas internacionales
  • Economía del medio ambiente
  • Cambio climático
  • Contaminación del aire
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Record 5 2006-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cartography
CONT

The base layer is the USGS [United States Geological Survey] quadrangle with roads and trails shown as linear features in the background(lighter lines). The routes that were surveyed by GPS [Global Positioning System] units during this or previous projects are shown in heavier lines, as described in the legend on each map.

OBS

lighter line: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cartographie
CONT

Les voies de garage et de triage sont traitées en traits plus fins.

OBS

trait plus fin : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 6 2006-11-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remote Sensing
CONT

"Precision Map Image" products have even greater positional accuracy than "Map Image" products. Ground Control Points(GCPs) as well as a map projection are used to spatially align the image. To order a "Precision Map Image" product, ground control points from a map or provided through Global Positional Satellite(GPS) technology are required. To further enhance the positional accuracy of the image, Digital Elevation Models(DEMs) can be used to correct terrain distortions. A DEM at sufficient detail will be needed to provide ortho-correction services.

OBS

Data from all single beam modes can be processed to this product (i.e., all but ScanSAR beam modes). "Precision Map Image" products are offered as 8-bit or 16-bit data products.

OBS

Three main categories of data products are available - RAW Data, Path-Oriented and "Map-Oriented" products. Precision Map Image processing level belongs to the "Map-Oriented" products.

OBS

"Precision Map Image" product: term officially approved by the RADARSAT-2 Terminology Approval Group (RTAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télédétection
OBS

Ces produits sont disponibles en format archive ou informatisé (différents niveaux de traitement). Caractéristiques du produit : Utilisation de points d'appui fournis par le client pour améliorer la précision de localisation. Traitements : photo-interprétation, traitement d'images, images superposables à des données de même projection.

OBS

produit «Precision Map Image» : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de RADARSAT-2 (GTTR).

Spanish

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Record 7 2005-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Navigation Instruments
  • Satellite Telecommunications
  • Driving (Road Vehicles)
CONT

Now, GPS(Global Positioning System) is available in U. S. autos. As of last summer, Oldsmobile buyers could opt for GPS receivers, with accompanying digitized road maps, built right into their dashboards. A motorist lost in the San Fernando Valley can tap into GPS and get an instant position on the digitized map, accurate to the length of a minivan.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de navigation
  • Télécommunications par satellite
  • Conduite automobile
CONT

Une voiture qui parle c'est déjà peu banal, mais une voiture qui vous dit où aller, c'est beaucoup plus surprenant encore. C'est pourtant ce que proposent les nouveaux systèmes de navigation automobile. Les informations de position reçues depuis le satellite, sont utilisées avec des cartes routières numérisées et enregistrées sur CD-ROM.

Spanish

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Record 8 2005-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cartography
  • Mathematical Geography

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cartographie
  • Géographie mathématique

Spanish

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Record 9 2004-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meteorological Forecasting, Data Measurement and Analysis
  • Cartography
DEF

The chart itself. [e.g.: Map showing the graphical representation of cloud data.]

CONT

In the near future, the cloud model should be initialized with data through the use of real-time, high-resolution nephanalyses (cloud maps) and hourly rain gauge data over the U.S.

CONT

The cloud map depicts a generic global cloud cover composited from several weather satellite images.

OBS

nephanalysis (1945) [also means]: The analysis of the clouds and related phenomena over a large area of the earth on a chart used especially in weather forecasting ...

OBS

... nephel- or nepho- ... Both prefixes are Greek derivatives of the Indo-European root nebh- ("cloud").

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prévisions météorologiques et mesure et analyse des données
  • Cartographie
DEF

Cartes des systèmes nuageux obtenues à partir des photos de la couverture nuageuse du globe, prises par des satellites météorologiques.

Spanish

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Record 10 2004-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meteorological Forecasting, Data Measurement and Analysis
  • Cartography
DEF

The chart itself. [e.g.: Map showing the graphical representation of cloud data.]

CONT

In the near future, the cloud model should be initialized with data through the use of real-time, high-resolution nephanalyses (cloud maps) and hourly rain gauge data over the U.S.

CONT

The cloud map depicts a generic global cloud cover composited from several weather satellite images.

OBS

nephanalysis ... (1945) [is also:] the analysis of the clouds and related phenomena over a large area of the earth on a chart used especially in weather forecasting ...

OBS

... nephel- or nepho- ... Both prefixes are Greek derivatives of the Indo-European root nebh- ("cloud").

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prévisions météorologiques et mesure et analyse des données
  • Cartographie
DEF

Cartes des systèmes nuageux obtenues à partir des photos de la couverture nuageuse du globe, prises par des satellites météorologiques.

Spanish

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Record 11 2003-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of International Programs
  • Climate Change
OBS

SCOSTEP/ICSU [Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics/International Council of Scientific Unions].

OBS

The Panel on Middle Atmosphere Program(MAP) is developing U. S. plans for participation in the Middle Atmosphere Program-a plan for the coordinated global study in 1982-85 of the composition, chemistry, structure, energetics, and motions(on all scales) of the middle atmosphere(the region from the tropopause to the lower thermosphere), and its interactions across its boundaries, considered as a unitary physical system.

Key term(s)
  • Middle Atmosphere Program

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes internationaux
  • Changements climatiques

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de programas internacionales
  • Cambio climático
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Record 12 2003-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remote Sensing
  • Ecosystems
CONT

Set up by the European Commission Joint Research Centre(JRC) and the European Space Agency in the early 90s, the starting point for the TREES [Tropical Ecosystem Environment Observations by Satellites] project was the production of the first global "reference map" of the world's tropical forests from satellite images.

Key term(s)
  • tropical ecosystem environment observation by satellites

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télédétection
  • Écosystèmes
Key term(s)
  • observation par satellite de l'environnement dans les écosystèmes tropicaux

Spanish

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Record 13 2003-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematical Geography
CONT

Global total field scalar anomaly map.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géographie mathématique

Spanish

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Record 14 2003-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remote Sensing
  • Spacecraft
CONT

The satellite performances remain very good and similar to those of ERS-1, making possible the unique nine-month ERS-1/ERS-2 Tandem Operation phase, which started in September. The main objective is to perform interferometric imaging of the land surface on a global basis leading to, among other important goals, a quasi-global digital terrain map.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télédétection
  • Engins spatiaux

Spanish

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Record 15 1997-09-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
OBS

Played on a colourful hand-painted world map the size of a basketball court, the Global Change Game is a fast-paced, challenging learning activity which channels participants’ energy and creativity into exploring the major global problems of our time. The Global Change Game is a world issues simulation game which teaches about international development, international relations, global environmental issues, and the links between environment, society, and economy. Each participant becomes one hundred million people determining the future of their region of the world through social, economic and environmental decision-making and interactions with other regions. While minutes tick by for the players, years pass in the Game as it travels several decades into the future. Participants are encouraged to show imagination in their quest for global solutions as they learn about the long-term results of their decisions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses

Spanish

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Record 16 1990-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
DEF

Map analogous to a procedural concept which stores route information in terms of the operators required to traverse those routes and refers to a local map in its state description.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle

Spanish

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Record 17 1986-11-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

In the ridge problem... a contour map shows that each standard step takes as down even though we are not at any sort of maximum, local or global. Increasing the number of directions used for the probing may help.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle

Spanish

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