Mapping science

Mapping science

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

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Biens

Earth science; Mapping science

(1) In French law, real and personal property. (2) In English law, property except estates of inheritances and freeholds.

Buffer zone

Earth science; Mapping science

A strip of land separating land devoted to one kind of use from land devoted to another kind.

Submarine canyon

Earth science; Mapping science

(1) A steep-sided, broad-floored valley with V-shaped cross-section cutting across the continental shelf or continental slope and resembling a river-cut, unglaciated canyon on land. (2) A small ...

Polar chart

Earth science; Mapping science

(1) A chart of polar regions. (2) A chart drawn using a polar map projection. The map projections most used for polar charts are the azimuthal equidistant, the gnomonic, the modified Lambert ...

Bz-curve

Earth science; Mapping science

A graphical representation of the vertical errors in the aerotriangulation of a strip of photographs. The x-coordinates of the vertical control points, referred to the initial nadir point as ...

Boltz's method

Earth science; Mapping science

A method devised by Boltz for solving the normal equations occurring in the adjustment of a triangulation network; it allows a large set of equations to be solved in one straight operation by the ...

Colour proof

Earth science; Mapping science

(1) A multicoloured print made by coating a sheet with sensitizer and making consecutive exposures through the scribed sheet. Each colour requires a separate coating, which is applied over the ...