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contour map

noun as in map with contour lines for heights

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In addition to updating the noise contour map, Loudoun County’s proposal would require such disclosures for every home sale, not just the initial sale, anywhere within the district map.

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If you are displaying a temperature map using colours, for instance, don’t display the same information using an overlaid contour map.

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As a golf architect, she was the more knowledgeable of the two, teaching Pete how to read contour maps and handling most of his drawings.

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Guided by a contour map, it identified the areas of fields most susceptible to losing soil in heavy rain.

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They’re etched with contour maps of some of the most beautiful and iconic mountains on the planet, including Denali, the Matterhorn, Everest, and Pikes Peak.

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