Mapping science

Mapping science

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

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Beam width

Earth science; Mapping science

The angle between half power intensities in the lobes of an antenna pattern.

Transient beach

Earth science; Mapping science

A beach whose sand is removed by storm waves but is quickly restored by longshore currents.

Apex

Earth science; Mapping science

(1) The highest point of something, as of a cone or triangle, or the greatest latitude (vertex) of a great circle.

Angle point

Earth science; Mapping science

(1) A monument marking a point, on an irregular boundary line, reservation line, boundary of a private claim, or a re established, non riparian meander line, at which a change in azimuth occurs. ...

The movement of a fluid, or of a scalar quantity that is considered to move with the fluid. In particular, in oceanography, the term refers to the horizontal or vertical flow of sea water, e.g., a ...

Backsight method

Earth science; Mapping science

A method of traversing by plane table, in which the alidade is first placed on a selected line on the map which corresponds to an established line on the ground. The table is then rotated until the ...