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Mapping science
The systemic study of the processes and designs involved with map making.
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Satellite tracking camera
Earth science; Mapping science
A camera so mounted that its optical axis can be kept pointed in the direction of an artificial satellite. The Baker Nunn camera, for example, is a satellite tracking camera.
Cantilever
Earth science; Mapping science
A projecting beam or overhanging portion of a structure, supported at one end only.
Biome
Earth science; Mapping science
A region classified according to the kinds of plants and animals living there. Types used as standard by the U. S. Bureau of Land Management are: tundra, boreal forest, coniferous forest, ...
Camballeria
Earth science; Mapping science
(1) A quantity of land of variable size, depending on the locality. (2) An allotment of land given to a horse soldier as a result of conquest.
Curtilage
Earth science; Mapping science
A yard, courtyard, or piece of ground, included within the fence surrounding a dwelling house.
Density layer
Earth science; Mapping science
(1) A mathematical surface and a function, ρ, defined at each point of the surface, whose values have the dimensions (mass per unit area). The surface is called a single layer surface if it is ...
Cross-profile method
Earth science; Mapping science
A method of determining details of the terrain in a topographic survey carried out together with a traverse. Cross profile stations are established at 100 metre intervals along the line of the ...
