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What (who) is terrain-contour matching - definition

MISSILE NAVIGATION SYSTEM
Tercom; Terrain Contour Matching; DSMAC; Digital Scene-Mapping Area Correlator; Topographic guidance; Photographic guidance; TERCOM-Aided Inertial Navigation System; Terrain mapping; Terrain contour matching

TERCOM         
Terrain contour matching, or TERCOM, is a navigation system used primarily by cruise missiles. It uses a pre-recorded contour map of the terrain that is compared with measurements made during flight by an on-board radar altimeter.
contour ploughing         
  • "Contour bunding", Catalonia, 2007
FARMING PRACTICE OF PLOWING PERPENDICULAR TO SLOPES TO REDUCE SOIL EROSION
Contour bunding; Contour farming; Contour Farming; Contour ploughing; Contour planting
¦ noun ploughing along the contours of the land in order to minimize soil erosion.
Contour plowing         
  • "Contour bunding", Catalonia, 2007
FARMING PRACTICE OF PLOWING PERPENDICULAR TO SLOPES TO REDUCE SOIL EROSION
Contour bunding; Contour farming; Contour Farming; Contour ploughing; Contour planting
Contour bunding or contour farming or Contour ploughing is the farming practice of plowing and/or planting across a slope following its elevation contour lines. These contour lines create a water break which reduces the formation of rills and gullies during times of heavy precipitation, allowing more time for the water to settle into the soil.

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TERCOM

Terrain contour matching, or TERCOM, is a navigation system used primarily by cruise missiles. It uses a contour map of the terrain that is compared with measurements made during flight by an on-board radar altimeter. A TERCOM system considerably increases the accuracy of a missile compared with inertial navigation systems (INS). The increased accuracy allows a TERCOM-equipped missile to fly closer to obstacles and at generally lower altitudes, making it harder to detect by ground radar.