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  2. Glossary of geography terms (A–M) - Wikipedia

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    A unit of area traditionally defined as the area of a plot of land one chain (66 feet) by one furlong (660 feet), equivalent to 43,560 square feet (0.001563 sq mi; 4,047 m 2), or about 0.40 hectare. active volcano A volcano that is currently erupting, or one that has erupted within the last 10,000 years (the Holocene) or during recorded history ...

  3. Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names - Wikipedia

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    TGN is a thesaurus, compliant with ISO and NISO standards for thesaurus construction; it contains hierarchical, equivalence, and associative relationships. Note that TGN is not a GIS (Geographic Information System). While many records in TGN include coordinates, these coordinates are approximate and are intended for reference only.

  4. Getty Vocabulary Program - Wikipedia

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    The Getty vocabularies can be used in three ways: at the data entry stage, by catalogers or indexers who are describing works of art, architecture, material culture, archival materials, visual surrogates, or bibliographic materials; as knowledge bases, providing information for researchers; and as search assistants to enhance end-user access to online resources. [2]

  5. Hyperlocal - Wikipedia

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    Hyperlocal (also reckoned Hyper-local [1] [2]) is an adjective used to describe something as being "limited to a very small geographical area", [3] and in particular, to anything "[e]xtremely or excessively local", in particular with regard to media output aimed at such narrowly focused populations. [4]

  6. Shallow focus - Wikipedia

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    In shallow focus, one plane of the scene is in focus while the rest is out of focus. Shallow focus is typically used to emphasize one part of the image over another. [1] Photographers sometimes refer to the aesthetic quality of the unfocused area(s) as bokeh. [2] The opposite of shallow focus is deep focus, in which the entire image is in focus.

  7. Depth of field - Wikipedia

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    In other words, the circles of confusion are reduced or increasing the DOF. [10] For a given size of the subject's image in the focal plane, the same f-number on any focal length lens will give the same depth of field. [11] This is evident from the above DOF equation by noting that the ratio u/f is constant for constant image size. For example ...

  8. Autofocus - Wikipedia

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    A method variously referred to as trap focus, focus trap, or catch-in-focus uses autofocus to take a shot when a subject moves into the focal plane (at the relevant focal point); this can be used to get a focused shot of a rapidly moving object, particularly in sports or wildlife photography, or alternatively to set a "trap" so that a shot can ...

  9. American English regional vocabulary - Wikipedia

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    dooryard – area around the main entry door of a house, specifically a farmhouse. Typically including the driveway and parking area proximal to the house; Italian (sandwich) – (Maine) submarine sandwich; logan (also pokelogan) – a shallow, swampy lake or pond (from Algonquian) muckle – to grasp, hold-fast, or tear into