- Industry: Earth science
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Founded in 1941, the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (ACSM) is an international association representing the interests of professionals in surveying, mapping and communicating spatial data relating to the Earth's surface. Today, ACSM's members include more than 7,000 surveyors, ...
A line along which the difference in time of arrival between Loran signals from a master station and a slave station is constant.
Industry:Earth science
A method for solving statistically, mathematical formulas not easily solvable by analytical methods or numerical analysis. A frequency function simply related to the formula in question is found, a large number of random values of the variables involved are generated, their empirical frequency functions are determined, and these are used in a numerical evaluation of the formula.
Industry:Earth science
(1) A subdivision of a section of land not described as an aliquot part of the section but designated by number, e.g., LOT 2. (2) A parcel of land, generally a subdivision of a city, town or village, represented and identified by a recorded plat. (3) An individual parcel of land intended to be conveyed, in its entirety, to a prospective buyer; also, that same parcel after it has been purchased.
Industry:Earth science
A thermometer which automatically registers the lowest temperature to which it has been exposed since its last setting.
Industry:Earth science
Any change in the horizontal position of a map to make the map fit certain control points, or to make it fit a specific grid plotted on the graticule at the scale at which the map was compiled.
Industry:Earth science
(1) A map showing the locations and magnitudes of gravity anomalies. (2) A map on which contour lines represents lines on the Earth along which gravity anomalies are constant.
Industry:Earth science
All the components either ahead of the aperture stop (front member) or behind the aperture stop (rear member).
Industry:Earth science
Measurement, simultaneously, of differences of distances between a number of receiving or transmitting stations and a transmitter or receiver, respectively, on a vehicle.
Industry:Earth science
(1) A conveyance of property that is contingent upon a failure of specific performance such as the payment of a debt. (2) The (legal) instrument making such a conveyance.
Industry:Earth science
