Orograph

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-004036",
  "term": "Orograph",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A mechanical device for drawing a terrain profile directly from a topographic map showing contour lines. The operator moves a tracer point along a desired path on the map, and a connected system of levers and a pen automatically plots the corresponding vertical cross-section on a separate piece of paper. These instruments have been rendered obsolete by computer software that generates profiles from digital elevation models.",
  "subject": "Surveying",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Orograph",
    "es": "orógrafo",
    "fr": "orographe"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/orograph/"
}