Definition: Isoline

Category: UN - Geographic Information Systems

Lines on a so-called isarithmic map that connect points of constant value. The best known example is an isohypse, which shows lines of equal elevation (also called an elevation contour map). http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/Handbook_Geo_Infrastr_Supp_Census_Activ.pdf
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United Nations, "Handbook on Geospatial Infrastructure in Support of Census Activities", Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistics Division, Studies in Methods, Series F No. 103, New York, 2009
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