LiOn wrote:michael blunck wrote:I.e., "Weltkarte - Höhenprofil" or something like this
This is not right as well. "Höhenprofil" (height profile) would be the linear cut through the map.
Not necissarily, but almost always it is. Nevertheless you´re right, we´re going to find something better.
BTW, "contour" (en): "Abgrenzung, Aussenlinie,
Höhenlinie, Kontur, Profilform, Umriss, Umrisslinie, ..."
Proper terms would be "Höhenplan" (contour map) or "Höhenschichten" (contour level) - maybe "Geländeformendarstellung" in this context would match as well. [...]
Mmh, these sound rather "technical". I´ve never heard one of these terms. "Geländedarstellung" could be fitting IMO, but OTOH, this would imply more than just the height info.
Roujin wrote:Why not just use "Höhenlinien"?
Because we don´t have "Linien" on the map? Instead, we do have colour-coded areas for the terrain height.
How about
"Höhendarstellung"
?
regards
Michael