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viewshed

viewshed noun: the view from a particular vantage point.

Noun

viewshed (plural viewsheds)

  1. The view from a particular vantage point.
    • The viewshed is the area that can be "seen" (ie is in direct line-of-sight) from the specified target locations.1989, Stanley Aronoff, Geographic Information Systems
    • Whilst the viewshed quantifies visibility for a limited set of test locations...1999, Bruce M Gittings, Integrating Information Infrastructures with Geographical Information

Forms of viewshed

pluralviewsheds

Origin of viewshed

Modelled on watershed, with view. Compare foodshed.

Questions about viewshed

What does viewshed mean?
Viewshed means the view from a particular vantage point.
What part of speech is viewshed?
Viewshed is a noun.
What is the plural of viewshed?
The plural of viewshed is viewsheds.

Words near viewshed in the dictionary

  1. viewscreens
  2. viewser
  3. viewsers
  4. viewshaft
  5. viewshafts
  6. viewshed
  7. viewsheds
  8. viewship
  9. viewsite
  10. viewsites
  11. viewsome

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