Definition of hypsography in English:
hypsography
noun hɪpˈsɒɡrəfihipˈsäɡrəfē
mass nounThe branch of geography concerned with the determination and mapping of the relative elevation of areas of land.
Example sentencesExamples
- The hypsography layer contains ground surface elevation information in the form of contour lines.
- The hypsography polygons are coded to form elevation zones, as indicated in the classification scheme below.
- The DCW supplemental point hypsography layer represents locations and values of collapsed contours.
- All input hypsography and hydrography data were appended and trimmed to cover the areas for each processing block.
- Notice that the hypsography data also include valuable information in the Elevation field.