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terrain pyramid level

  1. [3D GIS] An individual level of detail in a terrain dataset pyramid. Each level has a pair of properties: resolution and scale. The resolution defines the amount of detail represented by the level, and the scale is a threshold that indicates at which display scale the level becomes active.