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Mapping science
The systemic study of the processes and designs involved with map making.
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critical angle
Earth science; Mapping science
The smallest angle at which a wave passing from a substance of higher refractive index to one of lower refractive index can be incident on the surface between the substances and be totally reflected ...
bayes
Earth science; Mapping science
The theorem that if an event B is known to have occurred as the result of some one event in a set (A k ), then the probability that it was the particular event A j that caused B is given by P(A j ...
crossing angle
Earth science; Mapping science
The angle at which two lines of position, course lines, etc. , cross.
approximation
Earth science; Mapping science
(1) A value believed to be close to the correct value of a quantity. The terms first approximation, second approximation, etc. , are used for sequentially calculated values that are successively ...
aldis signaling lamp
Earth science; Mapping science
A signaling lamp of particular construction, used in some instances for observation of distant triangulation stations at night.
arc method of adjusting triangulation
Earth science; Mapping science
A method of adjusting a triangulation network, in which the network is separated into sets of connecting arcs and the corrections in each arc are determined separately. The results are then modified ...
ballistics
Earth science; Mapping science
The science of projectiles. It is usually divided into three parts: interior ballistics, which deals with motion of the projectile while it is within or on the launching apparatus; exterior ...
