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Mapping science

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

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Mapping science

baldio

Earth science; Mapping science

(1) Waste lands. (Spanish) (2) Unappropriated public domain, not set apart for municipalities. (Texas)

allen variance

Earth science; Mapping science

The sum of the squares of the first differences in a sequence of variations in relative frequencies, divided by 2M, M being the number of first differences. The variation in frequency is usually ...

ex meridional altitude

Earth science; Mapping science

The angular elevation of a celestial body near the celestial meridian but not on it. A correction is applied to an ex meridional altitude to obtain the meridional altitude.

astronomical almanac

Earth science; Mapping science

An annual publication containing, for each day or other suitable fraction of the year, information on the current locations of celestial bodies, together with the times and circum-stances of various ...

abstract of title

Earth science; Mapping science

(1) A complete summary of all information on public record relating to ownership (title) of a parcel of land. (2) A summary of all conveyances, such as deeds or wills, and legal proceedings giving ...

closed basin

Earth science; Mapping science

A basin draining to some depression or point within its region from which water is usually lost only be evaporation or percolation. (2) A basin without a surficuial outlet for precipitation falling ...

rhumb line bearing

Earth science; Mapping science

The initial bearing of one point from another, taken as the bearing of the rhumb-line between the two points with respect to a reference line.

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