Mapping science

Mapping science

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

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Obtuse angle

Earth science; Mapping science

(1) An angle (f) whose measure is greater than one right angle (90°, Π/2 radians, or 100 gons). (2) An angle whose measure is greater than one right angle but less than two right angles (180°, Π ...

Multiple camera assembly

Earth science; Mapping science

A combination of two or more cameras mounted with a fixed angle between their respective optical axes.

Base density

Earth science; Mapping science

The photographic density of the material supporting a photographic emulsion.

Bar cheque

Earth science; Mapping science

Checking the accuracy of or calibrating a depth sounder by suspending a bar or disc at various measured distances beneath the sound generator and measuring the depths independently with the depth ...

(1) That energy which is scattered from a surface on which energy is incident and which lies within a hemisphere having its centre on the surface and including the source of the radiation. (2) That ...

Adjustment of figure

Earth science; Mapping science

The adjustment of the angles and lengths of sides, in a single chain of triangles, so that the sums of the angles in each triangle equals 180° and, in the case of a quadrilateral, that the sum of the ...