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Mapping science
The systemic study of the processes and designs involved with map making.
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bz-curve method of aerotriangulation adjustment
Earth science; Mapping science
A method of orienting the stereoscopic models in a strip of photographs by using the Bz curve to find the difference between the true photographic nadir point and that indicated by a Multiplex type ...
marine boundary
Earth science; Mapping science
A line of demarcation between adjoining regions at sea. The boundary may be at the surface of the sea or at the bottom.
charter
Earth science; Mapping science
A (legal) instrument emanating from the sovereign power, in the nature of a grant, either to the whole nation or to a class or portion of the people, or to a dependency, and assuring to them certain ...
time-zone chart
Earth science; Mapping science
A small-scale map of the world showing the legal time zones.
alphanumeric code
Earth science; Mapping science
A code (1) which uses a combination of letters and numbers to convey information.
stereometric camera
Earth science; Mapping science
An assemblage of two similar cameras mounted on opposite ends of a short, rigid bar and having their optical axes parallel. It is used in terrestrial photogrammetry for taking stereoscopic pairs of ...
color enhancement
Earth science; Mapping science
The use of a wide range of hues or shades to exaggerate otherwise small variations of photographic density on black and white images, or of hue and shade on colored images.
