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Mapping science
The systemic study of the processes and designs involved with map making.
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Steric anomaly
Earth science; Mapping science
The difference between the reciprocal of the actual density ρ(S,T,P) of a sample of water and the reciprocal of sea water having a salinity S of 35 o/oo, a.
Accretion topography
Earth science; Mapping science
Surficial features, particularly meander scrolls, built by accumulation of sediment.
Annual aberration
Earth science; Mapping science
That apparent change in direction of a star, planet, or other celestial body which is caused principally by the Earth's revolution about the Sun. That part of stellar aberration which has an annual ...
Inner constraint adjustment
Earth science; Mapping science
An adjustment in which conditions are imposed on certain arbitrary functions of the unknowns rather than on the unknowns themselves. For example, it may be required that the trace of the normal ...
Astronomic
Earth science; Mapping science
Of, or pertaining to, astronomy. It is completely equivalent to the form astronomical. Although Merriam-Webster (2nd edition) gives precedence to astronomical, it is the compiler's experience ...
Bathymetry
Earth science; Mapping science
The art or science of determining depths of oceanic or other deep waters.
Semiminor axis
Earth science; Mapping science
The line from the centre of an ellipse to the extremity of the shortest diameter. i.e., one of the two shortest lines from the centre to the ellipse. The term is also used to mean the length of ...
