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Topography

Topography is the study of forms and features of land surfaces. The topography of an area may refer to landforms and features themselves, or a description or depiction in maps.

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Etymology

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Techniques

Forms of topographic data

Topography in other fields

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Topography

Nodes99
Edges98
Triples55
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.020202
Components1

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Topography

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related to Etymology · 21
Topography → After, American, Army, Britain, Cassini, Corps, Detailed, Europe, France, Greece, Greek, In, In Britain, Ordnance Surveys, Rome, The, Topographical Bureau, Topographical Engineers, United States, United States Geological Survey
related to Digital elevation modeling · 4
Topography → DEM, DEMs, Earth, The
is a · 2
Topography → field of geoscience and planetary science, study of forms and features of land surfaces
related to Objectives · 2
Topography → An, Identifying
related to Techniques · 2
Topography → There, Which
related to Topographers · 2
Topography → They, Topographers
related to Topography in other fields · 2
Topography → EEG, In
see also · 2
Topography → CartographyDigital, GeomorphologyGlobal Relief ModelHypsographyMarine

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topographic maps surface mapping elevation features digital land relief surveys data also used models terrain survey map information remote sensing

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Topographyis astudy of forms and features of land surfaces0.90text
Topographyis afield of geoscience and planetary science0.90text
roadsinstance ofand cultural features0.80text
land boundariesinstance ofand cultural features0.80text
and buildingsinstance ofand cultural features0.80text
neurologyinstance ofparticularly in medical fields0.80text
latitudeinstance ofObjectivesAn objective of topography is to determine the position of any feature or more generally any point in terms of both a horizontal coordinate system0.80text
longitudeinstance ofObjectivesAn objective of topography is to determine the position of any feature or more generally any point in terms of both a horizontal coordinate system0.80text
and altitudeinstance ofObjectivesAn objective of topography is to determine the position of any feature or more generally any point in terms of both a horizontal coordinate system0.80text
theodolitesinstance ofand the quality of existing surveys.Field surveySurveying helps determine accurately the terrestrial or three-dimensional space position of points and the distances and angles b…0.80text
dumpy levelsinstance ofand the quality of existing surveys.Field surveySurveying helps determine accurately the terrestrial or three-dimensional space position of points and the distances and angles b…0.80text
clinometers.GPSinstance ofand the quality of existing surveys.Field surveySurveying helps determine accurately the terrestrial or three-dimensional space position of points and the distances and angles b…0.80text

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