English-Russian cartography dictionary. 2013.
trimetrogon — A fan camera arrangement for production of maps and charts. Three cameras with wide angle lenses are mounted together to give lateral coverage from horizon to horizon. The center camera is used for vertical photography and the outer two cameras… … Aviation dictionary
trimetrogon — trīˈme.trəˌgän noun ( s) Etymology: tri + Greek metron measure + English gon : a system of aerial mapping involving the use of a single assembly containing three cameras with which one vertical and two oblique right and left aerial photographs… … Useful english dictionary
map — mappable, adj. mapper, n. /map/, n., v., mapped, mapping. n. 1. a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships… … Universalium
Map — /map/, n. Walter, c1140 1209?, Welsh ecclesiastic, poet, and satirist. Also, Mapes /mayps, may peez/. * * * I Graphic representation, drawn to scale and usually on a flat surface, of features usually geographic, geologic, or geopolitical of an… … Universalium
MAP — See modified American plan. * * * I Graphic representation, drawn to scale and usually on a flat surface, of features usually geographic, geologic, or geopolitical of an area of the Earth or of any celestial body. Globes are maps represented on… … Universalium
