Mapping science

Mapping science

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

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Statistical astronomy

Earth science; Mapping science

That part of astronomy which is concerned with the statistical distribution of the locations, motions, and other characteristics of stars and galaxies. It finds its subject matter both in ...

Celestial ballistics

Earth science; Mapping science

Celestial mechanics applied to the motion of artificial satellites.

Semimajor axis

Earth science; Mapping science

The line from the centre of an ellipse to the extremity of the longest diameter. i.e., one of the two longest lines from the centre to the ellipse. The term is also used to mean the length of the ...

Nadir point aerotriangulation

Earth science; Mapping science

Radial aerotriangulation using the nadir point instead of the principal point.

The focusing of rays from a point source on the optical axis into points whose distance from the focal plane varies as the angle at which the rays entered the optical system, with rays entering at a ...

Beat

Earth science; Mapping science

In some of the southern states of the U. S. A. , (such as Alabama, Mississippi and South Carolina), the principal legal subdivision of a county, and corresponding to towns or townships in other ...

Collinearity condition

Earth science; Mapping science

The condition that a point in object space, the corresponding point in image space, and the corresponding perspective centre must be collinear (i.e., all lie on the same straight line). This is ...