Mapping science

Mapping science

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

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Engineering surveying

Earth science; Mapping science

Surveying done in preparation for or as a part of the execution of an engineering project.

Embayment

Earth science; Mapping science

An indentation of a coast, regardless of width at the entrance or depth of penetration into land.

Photographic emulsion

Earth science; Mapping science

A suspension of a light-sensitive salt of silver (especially silver chloride or silver bromide) in a colloidal medium (usually gelatin, which is placed as a coating on rigid or flexible materials ...

The unit of time equal to 1/(31 556 925. 974 7) part of the tropical year for 1900 January 0 at 12 hours ephemeris time. This definition was adopted in 1960 by the general Conference on Weights and ...

Mean equinox and equator

Earth science; Mapping science

The celestial reference system determined by ignoring small variations of short period in the motions of the celestial equator and ecliptic. Coordinates in stellar catalogues are normally referred ...

Engineer's level

Earth science; Mapping science

A levelling instrument whose telescope and level are connected rigidly to a vertical axle, so that the line of sight must be levelled using the screws in the base (or using the compensator). A ...