Mapping science

Mapping science

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

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numerical aperture

Earth science; Mapping science

The product NA of the refractive index N of the medium in image space by the sine A of the half angle of the cone of illumination there. In microscopic optics, this definition with object space ...

adjacent

Earth science; Mapping science

(1) Lying near or close to. (2) Contiguous with; touching. Adjacent, as used in land surveying, has the first meaning and implies that the two objects or parcels of land are not widely separated, ...

backside

Earth science; Mapping science

In English law, a yard at the back part of or behind a house and belonging thereto. The term was formerly used in conveyances and also in pleading.

The focusing of rays from a point source on the optical axis into points whose distance from the focal plane varies as the angle at which the rays entered the optical system, with rays entering at a ...

arc correction

Earth science; Mapping science

The quantity added to the period of a pendulum to account for the pendulum's departure from simple harmonic motion. The correction can be kept small by limiting the amplitude of oscillation.

alinement

Earth science; Mapping science

(1) Placing points along a straight line or in a common vertical plane. (2) Locating points with respect to a straight line or to a set of straight lines. The term should be used, in surveying, ...