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  • noun Plural form of viewshed.

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Examples

  • Last year, they awarded nearly $22 million to a variety of things, from bike paths to transportation museums to a replica of a slave ship, to the protection of "viewsheds" with interpretive areas.

    From On High 2006

  • Last year, they awarded nearly $22 million to a variety of things, from bike paths to transportation museums to a replica of a slave ship, to the protection of "viewsheds" with interpretive areas.

    Archive 2006-02-01 2006

  • However, NCPC may have a legitimate concern about protecting important "viewsheds," such as the radial avenues that emanate from the Capitol or the White House.

    The Economist: Correspondent's diary 2009

  • However, NCPC may have a legitimate concern about protecting important "viewsheds," such as the radial avenues that emanate from the Capitol or the White House.

    The Economist: Correspondent's diary 2009

  • Also unlike previous developments along N Williams, the Albert Apartments setback variance and height will result in negative impacts to the privacy and viewsheds of adjacent residences.

    Jack Bog's Blog: June 2009 Archives 2009

  • Also unlike previous developments along N Williams, the Albert Apartments setback variance and height will result in negative impacts to the privacy and viewsheds of adjacent residences.

    Portland neighbors vs. apartment bunkers, Round 938 (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

  • Land-use regulations may frustrate large energy developments and transmission lines, as can concerns about various environmental impacts, such as the effect of wind turbines on birds, viewsheds, and bats.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Renewable Power, Texas-Style 2009

  • These forests are currently being managed for timber extraction, but changes in public demand and Forest Service policy may eventually balance consumptive use (timber extraction) with an increase in nonconsumptive uses (viewsheds, hiking, camping, biodiversity protection).

    Appalachian-Blue Ridge forests 2008

  • The resolution ... asserts that "if this property were sold and developed it would have the following harmful effects upon the County: harm to the viewsheds from the Catawba community and the Appalachian Trail, and potential for soil erosion, soil loss, water runoff, flooding and loss of forested lands."

    Archive 2006-03-01 2006

  • Protect viewsheds. linkAnd Tim Kaine says we need $108 billion in tax increases for DOT.

    Archive 2006-02-01 2006

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