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Jan 7, 2015 12:10
9 yrs ago
French term

lignes de profil

French to English Tech/Engineering Geography cartography
The following is discussing the development of 3D representation in maps. I'm looking for translations of the three terms – lignes de profil, lignes d’élévation and lignes de plan – but if anyone could help with a definition of 'lignes de profil' and how this term differs from the others this would help a lot. I'm imagining that the three may have something like the following definitions: contour lines, elevation lines and plan lines (for eg, the plan of an engineering project).

"...dans le corps du Génie, une autre forme de figuration qui associe lignes de profil, lignes d’élévation et lignes de plan, se met en place pour opérer une description en trois dimensions qui s’abstrait du territoire au profit d’un espace mathématisé"
Proposed translations (English)
3 +2 profile line
3 -1 Elevation

Discussion

Carol Gullidge Jan 7, 2015:
Profile lines Personally, I think I'd start by looking at what may seem too obvious! Profile lines do seem to exist in cartography, but I'd delve further to ascertain how reliable this is. I'm afraid I don't have time to carry out this research for you!
Carol Gullidge Jan 7, 2015:
contour lines I'm definitely no expert (so feel free to take what I say here with a pinch of salt!) but my knowledge of contour lines from my geography lessons and map reading is that they are the lines that join up all the spots with the same elevation/height above sea level. So the closer these contour lines are together, the steeper the terrain is… So if this is your understanding of the meaning of "lignes de profile", then I'd say you're spot on. Otherwise, I'm sure someone more knowledgeable will come to your aid :)
philgoddard Jan 7, 2015:
I understand the idea, but I'm not clear of the difference between "profil" and "élévation", because I would have thought they both mean viewed from the side. Maybe "élévation" means viewed from the side at right angles, and "profil" anything less than 90 degrees.
You could say "aspects of" instead of "lines".

Proposed translations

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profile line

The top line of a profile section, representing the intersection of a vertical plane with the surface of the ground.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms

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Note added at 26 mins (2015-01-07 12:36:40 GMT)
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http://www.georeference.org/doc/profiles_and_elevations.htm
Peer comment(s):
agree B D Finch : Not contour lines.
2 hrs
Thanks Barbara. No, subtly different IMHO. The devil is in the details.
agree Branka Ramadanovic
2 hrs
Thanks Branka.
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-1
20 hrs

Elevation

I wonder if this website will help you http://exchange.autodesk.com/autocadmep/fra/online-help/BLDS...
It seems to refer to something other than a profile.
Example sentence:

l'aide des poignées de la ligne d'élévation, vous pouvez modifier la hauteur et la forme de l'élévation

Peer comment(s):
disagree B D Finch : Lignes de profil are about cartography, not isometric drawing.
2 hrs
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