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viewshed en · NOUN

Etymology

Modelled on watershed, with view. Compare foodshed.

Meanings

1. The view from a particular vantage point.
   • The major shortcoming of viewshed analysis is the accuracy of the results. 2000, Matthew Schmidt, Radiocarbon Dating New Zealand Prehistory Using Marine Shell:
   • 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:

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