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Mapping science
The systemic study of the processes and designs involved with map making.
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Controlled access
Earth science; Mapping science
The condition existing where the right of owners, or occupants of abutting land, or other persons, to access in connexion with a highway is fully or partially controlled by public authority. There ...
Accommodation
Earth science; Mapping science
(1) The ability of the eye to see sharp images of objects that are at different distances. (2) The ability of the eyes to superpose two separate images. (3) The limits within which the projectors ...
A1 time
Earth science; Mapping science
An atomic-time scale established by the U. S. Naval Observatory, with the origin on 1 January 1958 at zero hours UT2 and with the unit (second) equal to the occurrence of 9,192,631,770 cycles of ...
Abac
Earth science; Mapping science
A nomograph for determining the angle, at a common origin, between the bearing of a great circle and the bearing of a rhumb line to a point. It provides the difference (t minus T) between the two ...
Potential acceleration
Earth science; Mapping science
The scaler function, if it exists, which has a gradient equal to the total acceleration of the body.
Baker nunn camera
Earth science; Mapping science
A telescope having a spherical primary mirror and a specially figured correcting plate, and a special mounting for tracking artificial satellites. The optical system was designed by J. A. Baker ...
Acoustics
Earth science; Mapping science
(1) In general, that part of physics which concerns itself with sound - its causes, characteristics, and effects. In surveying, acoustics is involved primarily in the development and use of ...
