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Mapping science
The systemic study of the processes and designs involved with map making.
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standing axis
Earth science; Mapping science
The axis, in a surveying instrument such as theodolite or leveling instrument, that is intended to be placed in a vertical position when the instrument is in use. This axis is also commonly called ...
annex point
Earth science; Mapping science
A point selected, in the overlap between a vertical photograph and its corresponding oblique photograph, about half way between the pass points.
base sheet
Earth science; Mapping science
A sheet of dimensionally stable material, upon which the graticule and ground control are plotted and upon which aero-triangulation or compilation is done.
historic bay
Earth science; Mapping science
(1) Any coast and contiguous body of water which, for historical reasons, has become known as a bay. (2) In international law, a bay over which there has been an exclusive assertion of sovereignty ...
eccentric anomaly
Earth science; Mapping science
The angle from the line of apsides of an elliptical orbit to a radius vector drawn from the center of the ellipse to that point on the circumscribed circle which lies on the same perpendicular (to ...
arc datum
Earth science; Mapping science
A horizontal control datum in Africa, based on Cape datum and having presumably the same origin with the same coordinates and azimuth there. However, the vast longitudinal and latitudinal extent of ...
