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Earth science
Any of several geological sciences that are concerned with the earth, its origins, and all of its various structures and physical forms and phenomena.
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coincidence bubble
Earth science; Mapping science
The image presented when the bubble in a spirit level is viewed through an optical system that shows the bubble split in half lengthwise, one of the halves being then reversed end ...
Clarke's map projection
Earth science; Mapping science
One of a set of perspective map projections devised by A. R. Clarke and projecting a truncated sphere onto a plane from a point between 1. 35 and 1. 65 radii from the center (the ...
great -circle chart
Earth science; Mapping science
Any chart on which great circles appear as straight lines. A chart on the gnomonic map projection.
cape canaveral survey
Earth science; Mapping science
A survey made in the vicinity of Cape Canaveral, Florida, to determine the geodetic coordinates of nine ballistic cameras there. In the adjustment, the horizontal geodetic ...
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 ...
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 ...
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