Mapping science

Mapping science

The systemic study of the processes and designs involved with map making.

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Allodium

Earth science; Mapping science

Land owned absolutely, without obligation to one with superior rights.

Ascendant

Earth science; Mapping science

A vector representing the rate of increase of a quantity.

Approach zone

Earth science; Mapping science

All of the air space lying within the boundaries of the approach zone district at an airport and lying above the floor of the district.

Adams' map projection

Earth science; Mapping science

(1) A conformal map projection of the whole sphere into an area bounded by an ellipse. The map projection was devised by O. Adams but contained some singularities. These were removed by a method ...

Thermometric altimetry

Earth science; Mapping science

Determining elevations, or differences of elevation, by measuring the boiling point of water. The temperature at which water boils at any point on the Earth depends on the atmospheric pressure at ...

Airborne profiling of terrain system

Earth science; Mapping science

A system for determining heights of terrain along a line of flight by using an airborne laser altimeter for measuring height variations in the terrain and a combination of accelerometers, gyroscopes, ...

Base line reduction to sea level

Earth science; Mapping science

Conversion of the measured length of a base line to the length of the vertical projection of the base line onto a specified surface defined by reference to mean sea level. Theoretically, the ...