plan-relief
English translation: relief map
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peer agreement (net): +4relief map Explanation: '[...] During and after World War I a process was developed and improved whereby an aluminum sheet was “raised” by tapping along the contours copied on its surface. When the contours selected for tapping were completed, the sheet became, in effect, a mold for shaping plastic sheets to its convolutions. The map was printed on plastic sheets prior to the thermal process of shaping them to the mold. Sets of relief maps were soon produced in this manner for use in schools, military briefings, and many other activities.' (More here, http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/363506/map/51783/S... Depending on their final use, they are also known as Raised relief-map http://www.raisedreliefmaps.com/ terrain models http://www.solidterrainmodeling.com/terrain-model.htm http://www.terrainmodels.com/french.html and even plan-reliefs 'A plan-relief is a scale model of a landscape and buildings produced for military usage, made to visualise building projects on fortifications or campaigns surrounding fortified locations.' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plan-relief In Paris, there's a plan-relief museum (http://www.museedesplansreliefs.culture.fr/), or Museum of relief maps (http://www.cheminsdememoire.gouv.fr/page/affichelieu.php?idL... |
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