Viewshed

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The view from a particular vantage point.

    "The viewshed is the area that can be "seen" (ie is in direct line-of-sight) from the specified target locations."

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"The viewshed is the area that can be "seen" (ie is in direct line-of-sight) from the specified target locations."

Etymology

Modelled on watershed, with view. Compare foodshed.

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vantage point

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