Sentences with phrase «map topography»

In the case of the LIDAR data used in solar design, the scanner is typically outfitted on a plane to map the topography of the land below, but LIDAR has other applications as well.

In addition to a marine biologist's typical tools — water samplers to measure salinity and temperature, plankton nets — the team's toolbox will hold cameras, coring systems to collect seafloor sediment, and hydroacoustic equipment to map the topography of the now - exposed seabed.

It will continue to snap pictures and laser - map the topography, as well as take readings of the planet's magnetosphere.

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An Uber vehicle mapping the streets and topography of Pittsburgh last year in preparation for the use of driverless cars.

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These functions include a variety of activities which assist both governmental agencies and the general public, such as: (1) Review and approve and sign street acquisition and damage maps for Department of Transportation (DOT) and Department of Environmental Protection (DEP); (2) Review and approve street alteration maps; (3) Review and ensure the maintenance of survey monument information; (4) Review and ensure maintenance of street grade and elevation data for the Borough; (5) Issuance of street house numbers and the management of the topographical record room; (6) Present new revenue stream ideas and develop the fee structure for topography services and a system to collect, maintain and reconcile said fees; and (7) Work with the Office of Management and Budget, the Comptroller's Office and other Borough President's Offices to ensure that the fee structure and collection system is compatible and appropriate.

They combined data from LEND with lunar topography and illumination maps derived from LRO's LOLA instrument (Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter), and temperature maps from LRO's Diviner instrument (Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment) to discover the greater hydrogen abundance and associated surface conditions on PFS.

Visitors enter by walking over a U.S. Geological Survey map of North America that is color - coded to show how topography has changed over geologic time.

Although the subglacial topography is vastly important, «it's unlikely we're ever going to [map] the whole of Antarctica in great detail using radar echo sounding — it's just too costly,» Fretwell says.

«Greenland glaciers» varied vulnerability to melting: More accurate maps of bed topography reveal physical processes controlling retreat.»

Using data from NASA missions observing Earth, researchers at the University of California, Irvine have created new maps of the bed topography beneath a score of glaciers in southeast Greenland, thereby gaining a much better understanding of why some are undergoing rapid retreat and others are relatively stable.

On bathymetric maps of seafloor topography, they look like grooves on a record.

Some scientists plan to assess the stability of the remaining ice shelf, others will map the region's seafloor topography and still others want to study the newly exposed ecosystem that's been hidden from the sun for up to 120,000 years (SN Online: 10/13/17).

Combining data on precipitation, topography, habitat changes, dam construction, and pollution, the researchers created detailed maps of the threats to rivers around the world.

After puzzling it over and practically wallpapering his house with seafloor topography and magnetic field maps, in 1993 Klimley hypothesized that somehow their oblong - shaped heads can sense tiny changes in the magnetic lines created by volcanic lava flows.

«In these maps, you can see that there's elevation in the bed topography at the same location as the seismic events,» Lough says.

The map also provides a global view of the highs and lows of Titan's topography, which enabled the scientists to confirm that two locations in the equatorial region of Titan are in fact depressions that could be either ancient, dried seas or cryovolcanic flows.

Creating the map took about a year, according to doctoral student Paul Corlies, first author on «Titan's Topography and Shape at the End of the Cassini Mission.»

The map combines all of the Titan topography data from multiple sources.

Chang» e 1 has spectrometers to map the chemical composition of the Moon's surface, a laser altimeter to map the Moon's topography and a camera to photograph the surface.

These are the latest conclusions of a detailed mapping project exploring the topography of the seafloor and bedrock around and beneath Greenland's glaciers.

In order to make direct comparisons between topographies, the researchers dialed down the resolution of maps for Earth and Mars, to match the resolution available for Titan.

Scientists now have well - resolved maps of river networks and topography on both Earth and Mars, along with a growing understanding of their respective histories.

«One prediction we can make is that, when we eventually get more refined topographic maps of Titan, we will see topography that looks more like Mars than Earth,» Perron says.

They then superimposed maps of each planetary body's river networks, onto their respective topographies, and marked every river that appeared to flow downhill.

LiDAR enables mapping of topography at a scale that is relevant to the establishment of individual plants — in this case the shrub Dodonaea viscosa and its associated native plant species.

By contrast, due to Titan's thick, hazy atmosphere, the global map of Titan's topography is extremely fuzzy, showing only the broadest features.

The full range of topography on Mars is about 19 miles (30 kilometers), one and a half times the range of elevations found on Earth, The most curious aspect of the map is the striking difference between the planet's low, smooth Northern Hemisphere and the heavily cratered Southern Hemisphere,» which sits, on average, about three miles (five kilometers) higher than the north.

The Venus Emissivity, Radio Science, InSAR, Topography, and Spectroscopy mission (VERITAS) VERITAS would produce global, high - resolution topography and imaging of Venus» surface and produce the first maps of deformation and global surface coTopography, and Spectroscopy mission (VERITAS) VERITAS would produce global, high - resolution topography and imaging of Venus» surface and produce the first maps of deformation and global surface cotopography and imaging of Venus» surface and produce the first maps of deformation and global surface composition.

It will be able to map about 95 % of the ice - free oceans» topography every 10 days and help scientists monitor ocean circulation, climate change and sea level rise.

BURGEL, U., AMUNTS, K., HOEMKE, L., MOHLBERG, H., GILSBACH, J. M. & ZILLES, K. (2006) White matter fiber tracts of the human brain: three - dimensional mapping at microscopic resolution, topography and intersubject variability.

To help students, prepare ahead of time by using the internet to find and print separate maps of Florida's rivers, cities and topography.

Autonomous driving assists are of course included, as are 3D maps and even GPS data that will alter the car's driving setup based on topography and curves.

Audi pioneered in the use of telematics to pull in real - time imagery for the navigation system, so a 3D moving map shows real buildings as well as topography.

A navigation system features full 3D maps and topography, displayed on a large 8.8 - inch screen.

The company has fitted the Phantom with a new satellite navigation system that now includes 3D maps and landscape topography along with guided tours and enhanced points of interest, plus the vehicle's revised front, rear and top - view camera systems are now making parking maneuvers even easier than before.

The M760i's maps looks good, showing 3D - rendered buildings in the city and topography in the country.

Missing items are one thing, but what is even more worrisome is that Apple Maps contains a lot of errors which can range from two different objects being depicted at the same locations to gross mismatch between the topography in reality and what is depicted in the map.

«From photos featuring local pet lovers and their pups, to a topography map of the Durango mountain area that serves as the bags» background, every detail of the new design is authentic and further reflects the brand's outdoor lifestyle and ties to its headquarters in Durango, Colo.,» Rizzo says.

Viewers can zoom in and out of the interactive map which shows the bathymetry and topography of the Channel Islands and includes reserve boundaries, coordinates and island information.

The same shot from an alternative angle, this image showcases the varying topography of the map, which appears to boast multiple layers and vantage points for players to secure.

With pixelated sprites instead of polygons for units on the map, it doesn't quite have the figures - on - a-board look that Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars sported, but it uses many similar fog effects and understated topography features.

Maps became art after New York - based graphic designer Paula Scher layered data onto topography.

The surface, with a particular emphasis on the earth, topography, and maps, is a common theme in Long's work and resonates in the works of participating artists.

Her vibrant abstract collages layer hundreds of vibrantly painted pieces of paper into dense collages that speak to topographies and mapping.

In works like the Time Life Nature Series and Pawtuckaway, Glovinski breaks with conventional approaches to landscape painting — instead of painting plein air vistas, she locates landscape «once removed» (i.e, the topography and design of trail maps, and landscape images printed on book covers) and re-creates these objects to mimic the original.

Within these communities are layers - and Topography focuses on the context of memory, individuality, community cohesion, and characteristics of social and economic (in) equalities that collectively create layers of a conceptual topographical map.

They were created and initially seen from above, a birds - eye - view, mapped out, a form of topography.

Two drawings deal with topography, «mapping the contours of our highly coded human environment,» as the artist says.

In her maps, Rugg re-envisions the topography of various states, countries, continents, and even the world without borders, featuring a staggeringly precise hand - drawn layout with only city names and regions as reference points.