Mapping science

Mapping science

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

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Distance angle

Earth science; Mapping science

An angle, in a triangle, opposite a side used as a base in the solution of the triangulation equations, or a side whose length is to be computed. In a chain of single triangles, two sides in each ...

Tangential distortion

Earth science; Mapping science

The change in scale, in an image, in a direction tangent to a circle about the optical axis (i.e., perpendicular to the radial direction).

Dirac function

Earth science; Mapping science

(1) The function δ (x - x o ), which has the value 0 for all values of x other than x o and has the value 1 at x o . (2) The function δ(x - x o ) such that