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Mapping science
The systemic study of the processes and designs involved with map making.
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Arundel method
Earth science; Mapping science
A method of mapping from aerial photographs, proceeding point by point by a combination of graphical and analytical methods of aerotriangulation.
Private land claim
Earth science; Mapping science
(1) A claim, to a tract of land, that is based on the assertion that title thereto was granted to the claimant or his predecessors in interest by a foreign government (before the territory in which ...
Brightness of a planet
Earth science; Mapping science
A measure of the amount of reflected sunlight which reaches the observer. It depends on the planet's location relative to the Sun and Earth and on the albedo of the planet's surface.
Time-zone chart
Earth science; Mapping science
A small-scale map of the world showing the legal time zones.
Bx curve
Earth science; Mapping science
A graphical representation of the errors, in the x-direction, of horizontal coordinates, with the errors plotted as ordinates against the x coordinates as abscissae.
Clay
Earth science; Mapping science
(1) Any wet, adhesive earth such as mud. (2) An earthy, highly plastic sediment consisting of a considerable amount of hydrous silicates in the form of finely ground colloidal or clay particles.
Chute
Earth science; Mapping science
A channel or trough underground or an inclined trough aboveground, through which ore falls from a higher to a lower level. Also spelled shoot.