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Mapping science
The systemic study of the processes and designs involved with map making.
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Absolute accuracy
Earth science; Mapping science
Accuracy as determined by reference to a value that must be specified.
Land line adjustment
Earth science; Mapping science
1) The process of depicting land lines on a map to indicate the lines' location with respect to adjacent terrain and culture, using the information shown on plats and field records of the Bureau of ...
Stellar aberration
Earth science; Mapping science
The difference between the direction of a radiating source as it would be seen by a stationary observer at a specified point, and the direction in which the source is actually seen by a moving ...
Indicated air speed
Earth science; Mapping science
The uncorrected reading of pressure caused by the speed of the aircraft through the air, expressed in terms of the speed needed to achieve that pressure in a standard atmosphere at sea level.
Trihedral angle
Earth science; Mapping science
The figure formed by three lines intersecting at a common point, and those portions of the planes included between these lines.
Base barometer
Earth science; Mapping science
That barometer, in the single base method of barometric altimeter, which is left at the point of known elevation.
Altitude datum
Earth science; Mapping science
The arbitrary level from which vertical displacement is measured.
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