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Viewshed

A viewshed is the geographical area that is visible from a location. It includes all surrounding points that are in line-of-sight with that location and excludes points that are beyond the horizon or obstructed by terrain and other features (e.g., buildings, trees). Conversely, it can also refer to area from which an object can be seen. A viewshed is not…

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Viewshed

Nodes35
Edges34
Triples17
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.057143
Components1

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Viewshed

Top relations

related to Related concepts · 5
Viewshed → Also, Isovists, It, Planners, Viewsheds
related to Viewshed and total-viewshed computation · 5
Viewshed → DEM, DEMs, Digital Elevation Model, This, Where
related to history · 4
Viewshed → Clifford Tandy, Grant Barrett, Oakland Tribune, The
related to Representation · 2
Viewshed → In, Viewsheds
is a · 1
Viewshed → geographical area that is visible from a location

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Important terminology

viewsheds visual visible area influence used terrain areas visibility dem example zone also isovists represented points development total-viewshed point particular

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Viewshedis ageographical area that is visible from a location0.90text
Viewshedrelated to historyClifford Tandy0.60section
Viewshedrelated to historyThe0.60section
Viewshedrelated to historyGrant Barrett0.60section
Viewshedrelated to historyOakland Tribune0.60section
Viewshedrelated to Related conceptsViewsheds0.60section
Viewshedrelated to Related conceptsIsovists0.60section
Viewshedrelated to Related conceptsIt0.60section
Viewshedrelated to Related conceptsAlso0.60section
Viewshedrelated to Related conceptsPlanners0.60section
Viewshedrelated to RepresentationIn0.60section
Viewshedrelated to RepresentationViewsheds0.60section

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