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contour map

noun as in map with contour lines for heights

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In addition to updating the noise contour map, Loudoun County’s proposal would require such disclosures for every home sale, not just the initial sale, anywhere within the district map.

If you are displaying a temperature map using colours, for instance, don’t display the same information using an overlaid contour map.

From Nature

As a golf architect, she was the more knowledgeable of the two, teaching Pete how to read contour maps and handling most of his drawings.

Guided by a contour map, it identified the areas of fields most susceptible to losing soil in heavy rain.

From BBC

They’re etched with contour maps of some of the most beautiful and iconic mountains on the planet, including Denali, the Matterhorn, Everest, and Pikes Peak.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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