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Mapping science
The systemic study of the processes and designs involved with map making.
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Geocentric geodetic coordinate system
Earth science; Mapping science
A geodetic coordinate system with origin at the Earth's centre of mass.
Just consideration
Earth science; Mapping science
A price, right, or benefit recognised by the law as sufficient to form a binding contract.
Relative coordinate system
Earth science; Mapping science
A coordinate system which is moving with respect to a fixed (inertial) coordinate system.
Coordinate protractor
Earth science; Mapping science
A square protractor having graduations on two adjacent edges, with the centre at one corner, and ruled with a square grid having intervals of one centimetre or other linear unit. It has a movable ...
Physical constant
Earth science; Mapping science
Any number which is accepted by physicists as being characteristic of a measurable or calculable quantity; a constant quantity or value having physical significance. Also referred to as a ...
Conjunction
Earth science; Mapping science
(1) The configuration taken by the Sun, the Earth, a second planet when the apparent geocentric (celestial) longitude of Sun and second planet are the same. (2) The phenomenon in which two bodies ...
Crown
Earth science; Mapping science
(1) The vertical rise, expressed in inches, between the edge and the centre line of the base or surface. (2) The rate of rise between the edge and the centre line of the base or surface. (3) The ...
