Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A map made by superimposing orienting data and markings on an aerial photograph.
- transitive verb To make a photomap of.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun cartography a
map made by thesuperimposition ofaerial photographs onto grid lines,contours and other normal map features - verb cartography to produce such a map (from a photograph or existing map)
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Examples
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The computer monitor showed a black-and-white photomap with color directional symbols above a zoom bar on the upper left.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Skin Deep Jerome Preisler 2010
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It is learnt that work is under way to integrate a photomap as an additional data layer within the police GIS so that photography can be viewed within the force's command and control system.
nst online 2010
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CycleStreets provides additional function not available through the official option, including integration with a national photomap which allows people to see photos taken along the route.
The Register Team Register 2010
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CycleStreets provides additional function not available through the official option, including integration with a national photomap which allows people to see photos taken along the route.
The Register Team Register 2010
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Cambridgeshire County Council has UK's top public sector call centre Welsh Minister says partnership & collaboration crucial to deliver better services Councils have saved 1.2 billion says Audit Commission, but further back office saving will be tough Print software cuts costs & delivers efficiencies at South Lakeland Council Croydon Council steps back in time using historic WW2 RAF photomap
PublicTechnology.net 2008
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Archie was thinking he ought to be relieved to get the job of making a retro photomap off his plate, considering he’d have his hands full tackling one problem at a time, among them sifting through mountains of electronic log-in data for Doc Ray’s inside-out Flash Ink user-tracking quest.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Skin Deep Jerome Preisler 2010
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