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definitions: Remote Sensing: "Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing is the art, science, and technology of obtaining reliable information from non-contact imaging and other sensor systems about the Earth and its environment, and other physical objects and processes through recording, measuring, analyzing and representation".
Source: International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) http://www.isprs.org; http://www.isprs.org/documents/statutes04.html (2006/01) Cartography: "A unique facility for the creation and manipulation of visual or virtual representations of geospace – maps – to permit the exploration, analysis, understanding and communication of information about"that space". Source: International Cartographic Association (ICA) http://www.icaci.org/ http://www.icaci.org/en/ICA_Strategic_Plan_2003-08-16.pdf (2006/01)
High Mountain: " High Mountains are complex ecosystems characterized by - high relief energies (elevation differences), - steep relief (with dominance of gravitational processes), and - the existence of a significant altidutinal change of climatic conditions (resulting in the development of different ecological belts)".
Source: G.K. Lieb, 2006
more definitions: http://www.mountaincartography.org/cmc-misc/misc.html (in german)
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