Mapping science

Mapping science

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

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bank

Earth science; Mapping science

(1) The rising ground bordering a sea, lake, or river. (2) (surveying) The continuous margin, along a stream, where all vegetation characteristic of dry land ceases. The right bank of a stream is ...

electrical survey-net adjuster

Earth science; Mapping science

A device consisting of an electrical circuit in which capacitors, resistors, and similar elements simulate distances and angles in a surveying network, and which adjusts the values of these elements ...

solar angle

Earth science; Mapping science

The angular elevation of the Sun.

apogee

Earth science; Mapping science

That point, in the elliptical orbit of a terrestrial satellite, at which the satellite is farthest from the Earth's center of mass.

heliocentric angle

Earth science; Mapping science

An angle whose vertex is at the center of the Sun. The Sun's center of mass is usually specified or understood.

hooked bay

Earth science; Mapping science

An open bay having only one headland.

astronomic bearing

Earth science; Mapping science

The horizontal angle between the astronomical meridian and a line on the Earth. This term is preferred to the term true bearing which was used in early surveys.