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  2. Méribel - Wikipedia

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    www.meribel.net Méribel ( French pronunciation: [meʁibɛl] ) is a ski resort in the Tarentaise Valley in the French Alps . Méribel refers to three neighbouring villages in the Les Allues commune of the Savoie department of France , near the town of Moûtiers ( 45°24′04″N 6°33′56″E  /  45.401°N 6.5655°E  / 45.401; 6.5655 ...

  3. Méribel Altiport - Wikipedia

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    Meribel altiport and its tower It is used for the practice of leisure and tourism activities (light aviation and helicopter). It is an altiport (an airfield located in the mountains with the runway at a significant slope, i.e. not horizontal, forcing aircraft to land uphill and take off downhill) involving dangerous terrain and thus, requires ...

  4. Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics - Wikipedia

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    Algeria, Brazil, Croatia, Denmark, North Korea, Slovenia, Swaziland and the Unified Team (athletes from the former Soviet Union) made their Olympic alpine skiing debuts. Germany competed as one team for the first time since 1964. Below is a list of the competing nations; in parentheses are the number of national competitors. [1]

  5. Geospatial PDF - Wikipedia

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    The PDF format is widely accepted and is considered the de facto standard for printable documents on the web. This means that users do not require the any proprietary plug-in to read geospatial PDFs created following the PDF 1.7 specification, which was published as ISO 32000-1 standard . [ 3 ]

  6. FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2023 - Wikipedia

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    The 47th FIS Alpine World Ski Championships took place from 6 to 19 February 2023 in two neighboring locations in the French Alps, Courchevel and Méribel.. The location was decided in May 2018 during the 51st FIS Congress in Costa Navarino (Greece), where Courchevel-Méribel won against Austrian Saalbach-Hinterglemm with 9 to 6 votes.

  7. Piste - Wikipedia

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    A piste in Serfaus, Austria Pistes on Bald Mountain, Idaho. A piste (/ p iː s t /) [1] is a marked ski run or path down a mountain for snow skiing, snowboarding, or other mountain sports. This European term is French [2] ("trail", "track") and synonymous with 'trail', 'slope', or 'run' in North America. The word is pronounced using a long "e ...

  8. GeoPDF - Wikipedia

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    GeoPDF is a line of map and imagery products created by TerraGo software applications. GeoPDF products use geospatial PDF as a container for maps, imagery, and other data used to deliver an enhanced user experience in TerraGo applications. However, GeoPDF products conform to published specifications including both the OGC best practice for PDF ...

  9. Typography (cartography) - Wikipedia

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    Typography, as an aspect of cartographic design, is the craft of designing and placing text on a map in support of the map symbols, together representing geographic features and their properties. It is also often called map labeling or lettering, but typography is more in line with the general usage of typography.