Topographical Survey

Topogra[hical survey

The topography of the surface shape and the planets, moons and asteroids Earthand and other observable characteristics of astronomical objects and planetary science is a field of study Geoscience contain. The size and characteristics of such level (especially those reflected in the map) is described. The topography of the area and the characteristics of the surface shape could mean.

Usually, the natural and artificial features topography relief, and even local history and culture not only includes, usually concerned with local detail. Topographic maps with elevation contours meaning "topography" is made equivalent to aid the United States, is less common. As the study of the topography of the old feeling is still the currency in Europe.

Relief topography or terrain recording in a narrow sense, the level of three-dimensional quality, and require the identification of specific landforms. It is also known as geomorphometry. In modern use, this digital form (DEM) data generation requires the development. The most graphic contour lines, hypsometric tints techniques including avariety, landform represented by a map, and relief shading is considered to be

The term originated in the topography of ancient Greece and as a detailed description of the place, in ancient Rome. The word comes from the Greek words τόπος (topos, "place") and -γραφία (-graphia, "writing"). [4] In classical literature, writing about a place or places mean, now largely localized known history. UK and in Europe in general, the word topography still sometimes used in its original sense. [5]

United Kingdom (beginning in the late eighteenth century) called the Ordnance Survey in the detailed reconnaissance, and topographic survey and map the term commonly used in the 20th century. [6] The earliest scientific survey in France was called the Cassini maps produced his family over four generations. [Citation needed] The term "topographic surveys" in the US appears to be original. The earliest detailed survey in the United States during the War of 1812 established ", Army Topographical Bureau" were carried out by [7] in 1838. Topographical Engineers Corps became [8] was the national mapping assumed by the US Geological Survey in 1878, the term detailed topographical survey and mapping programs as a generic term, and as the standard adopted by most other countries have been.

In the 20th century, the term topography mapping in a broader sense, particularly in medical fields such as neurology, is used, where the levels in other areas to be used to describe the action.