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Mapping science
The systemic study of the processes and designs involved with map making.
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Mean anomaly
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(1) The angle from the line of apsides of an elliptical orbit to the radius vector from the attracting focus to a point moving on the ellipse with angular velocity equal to the average velocity of ...
Arpent
Earth science; Mapping science
(1) An old French unit of area. The size of the arpent depends on its origin and on local custom. The value 0. 8507 acres has been used for surveys in Arkansas and Missouri. For surveys in ...
Airy Spheroid 1830
Earth science; Mapping science
A rotational ellipsoid used in adjustments of horizontal control in Britain. For the triangulation of 1936 to 1950, the dimensions were taken to be:
Base unit
Earth science; Mapping science
One of the units of length (or the speed of light in vacuo), mass, time, temperature, amount of substance, electrical current and luminous intensity.
Assurance
Earth science; Mapping science
In law, the act of conveying, or the instrument or other legal evidence of the conveyance of, real property. It is usually called common assurance.
Topocentric angle
Earth science; Mapping science
A plane angle with vertex at the surface of the Earth (or, more usually, at a point on an ellipsoid representing the surface of the Earth).
Arc length
Earth science; Mapping science
Measured along a curved line. The line could be circular, parabolic, hyperbolic, spiral, a catenary, etc.
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