lignes de profil

English translation: profile line

12:10 Jan 7, 2015
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Geography / cartography
French term or phrase: lignes de profil
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"
Delaina
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:07
English translation:profile line
Explanation:
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
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DLyons
Ireland
Local time: 09:07
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3 +2profile line
DLyons
3 -1Elevation
Louise TAYLOR


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profile line


Explanation:
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

DLyons
Ireland
Local time: 09:07
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
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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20 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
Elevation


Explanation:
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(s):
  • l'aide des poignées de la ligne d'élévation, vous pouvez modifier la hauteur et la forme de l'élévation
Louise TAYLOR
France
Local time: 10:07
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  B D Finch: Lignes de profil are about cartography, not isometric drawing.
2 hrs
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