viewshed

noun

view·​shed ˈvyü-ˌshed How to pronounce viewshed (audio)
: the natural environment that is visible from one or more viewing points

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Private landowners were also in the mix, bringing the risk of suburban development to the viewshed. Tiney Ricciardi, The Denver Post, 21 Oct. 2024 Cleared for grazing long ago, Max Patch is particularly broad, its viewshed letting one peer one way into nearby Tennessee and the squiggles of the ancient French Broad River and the other way to some of the East’s tallest points. Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 9 Sep. 2024 Clear-cutting our viewshed, slicing up prime agricultural lands and disturbing the water resources of an entire region should give us all pause and concern. Larry Hogan, Baltimore Sun, 25 July 2024 The wind farm would undo Minidoka’s potential for public education and forever disrupt the remote and desolate viewshed that visitors experience now. Tamiko Nimura, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Dec. 2023 Visual simulations prepared as part of the federal review process suggest the machines wouldn’t fundamentally change the viewshed. Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2023 This project has the potential to negatively impact the historic viewshed of Mount Vernon and natural beauty of Piscataway National Park. Patrick Sisson, Curbed, 26 June 2018 Examples of such objects are geographic areas including viewsheds and ecosystems. Abe Streep, Outside Online, 1 May 2018 Even so, that city has dozens of viewsheds to ensure the Capitol can be seen from myriad locations. Josh Baugh, San Antonio Express-News, 18 Apr. 2018

Word History

Etymology

view + -shed (as in watershed)

First Known Use

1970, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of viewshed was in 1970

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“Viewshed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/viewshed. Accessed 7 Dec. 2024.

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