Mapping science

Mapping science

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

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airport zoning

Earth science; Mapping science

Regulations (zoning) that govern land use, heights of buildings, and natural growth in the region surrounding an airport.

A device in which an input of varying voltage, current, or power is amplified. Any electronic distance measuring instrument, angle measuring instrument or frequency measuring instrument depends on ...

locking angle

Earth science; Mapping science

The complement of the interlocking angle. The angular depression of the oblique photograph when the tilt of the vertical photograph is zero.

spectral band

Earth science; Mapping science

A sequence of wavelengths or frequencies lying between two given values.

chromatic aberration

Earth science; Mapping science

The separation, by an optical or other system, of a single ray of polychromatic light in object space into distinct monochromatic rays in image space, without recombining them. In the absence of ...

celestial ballistics

Earth science; Mapping science

Celestial mechanics applied to the motion of artificial satellites.

statistical astronomy

Earth science; Mapping science

That part of astronomy which is concerned with the statistical distribution of the locations, motions, and other characteristics of stars and galaxies. It finds its subject matter both in ...