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polígono

English translation: polygon


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Spanish term or phrase:polígono
English translation:polygon
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19:12 Mar 28, 2005
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Science - Archaeology / historical maps
Spanish term or phrase: polígono
Appears on archaeological maps in Spanish, such as in the phrase: "colonias en el interior del polígono". Would that simply be translated as _polygon_ in English, or is there another term accepted in the field?
Aleida
polygon
Explanation:
See here:

The land area within this polygon that is not included in the existing SPA ...
www.jncc.gov.uk/page-2342

were scored with the values in the table; those more distant from nesting
colonies (but within the subunit polygon) were scored at half those values. ...
www.fws.gov/r5gomp/gom/habitatstudy/ metadata2/snowy_egret_model.htm

nd administrative responsibility for the land contained within the polygon.
... Use: Used to identify the ownership of the land within a polygon. ...
srmwww.gov.bc.ca/gis/ArcInfo/ Procedures/FC12Arc/attributes.html

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Note added at 11 mins (2005-03-28 19:23:48 GMT)
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Vegetation Resources Inventory attributes will be estimated for all polygons identified on the aerial photographs.

# For each map sheet, no duplicate polygon numbers are allowed. Unique polygon numbers will be assigned to all polygons.

# Polygon numbers must match one-to-one with ISIS/MLSIS data wherever applicable.

http://srmwww.gov.bc.ca/risc/pubs/teveg/photostandards/stds-...
(This is actually the third link which I copied above, but I forgot the \"http\" so it didn\'t show up as a hyperlink. Sorry).
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Maria Karra
United States
Local time: 21:51
Grading comment
Thank you! One never knows about these things. Thanks also for the citations--very helpful!
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polígono
polygon


Explanation:
See here:

The land area within this polygon that is not included in the existing SPA ...
www.jncc.gov.uk/page-2342

were scored with the values in the table; those more distant from nesting
colonies (but within the subunit polygon) were scored at half those values. ...
www.fws.gov/r5gomp/gom/habitatstudy/ metadata2/snowy_egret_model.htm

nd administrative responsibility for the land contained within the polygon.
... Use: Used to identify the ownership of the land within a polygon. ...
srmwww.gov.bc.ca/gis/ArcInfo/ Procedures/FC12Arc/attributes.html

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Note added at 11 mins (2005-03-28 19:23:48 GMT)
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Vegetation Resources Inventory attributes will be estimated for all polygons identified on the aerial photographs.

# For each map sheet, no duplicate polygon numbers are allowed. Unique polygon numbers will be assigned to all polygons.

# Polygon numbers must match one-to-one with ISIS/MLSIS data wherever applicable.

http://srmwww.gov.bc.ca/risc/pubs/teveg/photostandards/stds-...
(This is actually the third link which I copied above, but I forgot the \"http\" so it didn\'t show up as a hyperlink. Sorry).

Maria Karra
United States
Local time: 21:51
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GreekGreek
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you! One never knows about these things. Thanks also for the citations--very helpful!

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