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Mapping science
The systemic study of the processes and designs involved with map making.
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Chart depth
Earth science; Mapping science
The actual depth below the reference surface. This is the depth shown on a smooth sheet.
By
Earth science; Mapping science
The y-component of the representation, in a photogrammetric model, of the air base the line joining two camera stations.
Chlorinity
Earth science; Mapping science
(1) Originally, a number giving the amount of chlorine, Cl, in rams per kilogram, in a sample of sea water. (2) It was later defined to be the number Cl(o/oo) giving the mass, in grams, of atomic ...
Stellar camera
Earth science; Mapping science
A camera designed for photographing stars. The term is used in geodesy to designate (a) a camera designed for photographing artificial satellites against a stellar background and (b) a cameras ...
Cession
Earth science; Mapping science
(1) The act of ordering a yielding or giving up; surrender; relinquishment of property or rights. (2) In the Civil Law, an assignment; the act by which a party transfers property to another; the ...
Lateral boundary
Earth science; Mapping science
(1) A boundary fixing one side of a piece of land. (2) A boundary, under Public Law 31, between adjacent States and extending from shore to their seaward boundaries. (3) A boundary between ...
Cape datum
Earth science; Mapping science
A horizontal control datum in South Africa defined by the following location and azimuth (clockwise from South) on the Clarke spheroid of 1880 (modified); the origin is at Buffelsfontein:
