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carte de contours

English translation: contour map

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French term or phrase:	carte de contours
English translation:	contour map
Entered by:	loulou79

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09:41 Dec 8, 2010

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Photography/Imaging (& Graphic Arts) / image processing

French term or phrase: carte de contours

Hi,

"L'étape peut par exemple comprendre les opérations consistant à mesurer le gradient de l'intensité de l'image à chaque pixel, à sélectionner, en tant que contour, chaque ensemble de pixels voisins présentant le gradient le plus élevé, et à former une carte de contours contenant chaque contour détecté dans l'image."

Thank you in advance

loulou79

contour map

Explanation:
cameras often have this function in order to analyse the image

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xxxSMcG
Belgium
Local time: 15:12

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contour map

xxxSMcG

contour map

kmkamm

outline map

Tony M

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contour map

Explanation:
That is the term used in a Canadian patent, which appears in French & English here:
http://brevets-patents.ic.gc.ca/opic-cipo/cpd/eng/patent/252...

kmkamm
Local time: 09:12
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Asker: Thanks for the link!

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

contour map

Explanation:
cameras often have this function in order to analyse the image

Reference: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_a_Contour_map

xxxSMcG
Belgium
Local time: 15:12
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

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Thank you!

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Asker: Thank you

1 hr confidence:

outline map

Explanation:
In all the image processing I've come into contact with, one is more likely to talk about 'outlines', since we are talking here about defining the outlines of objects on the basis of pixel-to-pixel variations; this si not quite the same thing as a geographical 'contour map', relating to the topography of the terrain.

Tony M
France
Local time: 15:12
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English
PRO pts in category: 94

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Asker: Thanks Tony M, yes "contour map" seems more related to topography

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