Mapping science

Mapping science

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

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Bilby tower

Earth science; Mapping science

A tower used in triangulation and consisting of two braced tripods, one within the other, constructed, according to the design of J. S. Bilby, so that an observer on a platform at the top of the ...

A sextant in which the bubble of a spirit level serves as the horizon. A simple form of bubble sextant was designed by E. E. Byrd and used by him for aerial navigation, on expeditions to the North ...

Centre -to- centre method of mosaicking

Earth science; Mapping science

Assembling a strip mosaic from aerial photographs with more than 50% overlap by matching a point near the centre of one photograph with corresponding points in the overlap of adjacent photographs.

Broker

Earth science; Mapping science

An agent who executes orders to buy or sell securities on behalf of a client in exchange for a commission.

Change detection

Earth science; Mapping science

The detection of a change in object space by looking for changes in the images made of that object-space.

Cluster development

Earth science; Mapping science

A development in which related housing-units are grouped or clustered with common, open space surrounding each group, such open space serving as a buffer between groups or used for common recreation, ...

Brun's gravity reduction

Earth science; Mapping science

The process of applying the term 2Ng o /r (Bruns term) to a calculated value go of gravity on the geoid, to reduce gravity to the ellipsoid at a distance N below the geoid; r is a suitable radius of ...