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153 Cards in this Set
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1 chain is how many feet? |
66ft |
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1 meter is how many feet? |
3.28084 ft |
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1 acre is how many feet? |
43560 ft squared |
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1 chain squared is how many hectares? |
.0404686 hectares |
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1 acre is how many Varas? |
5645.376 varas |
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How many sections in a township? |
36 sections |
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How many acres in 1 section? |
640 acres |
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How many links in a chain? |
100 links |
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How many pins in a set? |
11 pins |
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Intrinsic Evidence means |
Information necessary for the determination of an issue in a lawsuit that is gleaned from the provisions of a document itself |
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Parole evidence is |
Clarify and ambiguous |
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Colloquial evidence |
helps to provide context for scientific evidence as well as fills gaps in the scientific evidence and is being increasingly used in Health technology assessments |
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Non sequitor localis |
An inference or conclusion that does not follow from the premises or evidence. |
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Warranty deed is an example of |
A title guarantee |
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Accretion |
the process of growth or increase, typically by the gradual accumulation of additional layers |
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Reliction |
the gradual recession of water leaving land |
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Erosion |
diminution of something. |
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Encumbrance |
Restriction, impede, or block up |
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Augment |
To add or enlarge |
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30 chain is how many rods? |
120 rods |
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Quadrangle is how many townships? |
16 townships |
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Abstract |
A summary of facts |
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Abstract of title |
A condensed history of the title to land. |
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Accessory to corner |
A physical object that is adjacent to a corner. An accessory is usually considered part of the monument |
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Accilivity |
An upward slope of ground |
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Accretion |
The gradual accumulation of land by natural causes |
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Acknowledgment |
A declaration by a person before an official (usually a notary public) that he or she executed a legal document. |
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Acquiescence |
Implied consent to a transition, to the accrural of a right, or to any act, by one's silence (or without express asscent) |
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Adjudication |
The giving or pronouncing of a judgement or decree |
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Adverse possession |
A method of acquiring property by holding it for a period of time under certain conditions. |
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Affidavit |
A written declaration under oath before an authorized official (usually a notary public) |
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Alienation |
The transfer of property and/or possessions from one person to another |
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Aliquot |
A portion contained in something else a whole number of times |
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Alluvium |
Sand or soil deposited by streams |
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Appellant |
The party that takes an appeal from one court or jurisdiction to another |
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Appurtenance |
A right, privilege, or improvement belonging to and passing with a piece of property when it is conveyed |
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Assigns |
Those to whom property is transferred |
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Avulsion |
A sudden and perceptible change of shoreline by the violent action of water. |
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Bayou |
An outlet from a swamp or lagoon to the sea. |
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Bed of stream |
The depression between the banks of a water course worn by the regular and usual flow of the water |
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Bequest |
A gift by will of personal property |
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Bounty lands |
Portions of the public domain given or donated as a bounty for services rendered. |
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Chain of title |
A chronological list of documents that comprise the record history of title of real property. |
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Civil law |
That part of the law pertaining to civil rights, as distinguished from criminal law. Civil law and Roman law have the same meaning. In contradiction to English common law, civil law is enacted by legislative bodies. |
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Clear title |
Good title. Title free from encumbrances. |
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Cloud on title |
A claim or encumbrance on a title to land that may or may not be valid. |
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Color of title |
Any written instrument that appears to convey title, even though it does not. |
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Common Law |
Principles and rules of action determined by court decisions that have been accepted by generation after generation, and that are distinguished from laws enacted by legislative bodies. |
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Consideration |
Something of value given to make an agreement binding. |
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Conveyance |
Any instrument in writing by which an interest in real property is transferred. |
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Covenant |
When used in deeds, restrictions imposed on the grantee as to the use of land conveyed. |
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Crown |
The sovereign power in monarchy. |
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Cut Bank |
The watershed and relatively permanent elevation or acclivity that separates the bed of a river from its adjacent upland. |
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Decree |
A judgement by the court in a legal proceeding. |
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Dedication |
An appropriation of land to some public use made by the owner, and accepted for such use by or on behalf of the public. |
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Deed |
Evidence in writing of the transfer of real property. |
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Deed of trust |
An instrument taking the place of a mortgage, by which the legal title to real property is placed in one or more trustees to secure repayment of a sum of money. |
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Demurrer |
In legal pleading, the formal mode of disputing the suffiency of the pleading of the other side |
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Devise |
A gift of real property by the last will and testament of the donor. |
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Easement |
The right that the public, an individual, or individuals have in the lands of another. |
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Egress |
The right or permission to go out from a place; right of exit. |
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Eminent domain |
The right or power of government or certain other agencies to take private property for public use on payment of just compensation to the owner. |
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Encroachment |
An obstruction that intrudes upon the land of another. The gradual, stealthy, illegal acquisition of property. |
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Encumbrance |
Any burden or claim on property, such as a mortgage or delinquent taxes. |
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Equity |
The excess of the market value over any in debtedness |
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Erosion |
The process by which the surface of the earth is worn away by the action of waters, glaciers, wind, or waves. |
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Escheat |
Reversion of property to the state where there is no competent or available person to inherit it |
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Escrow |
Something placed in the keeping of a third person for delivery to a given party upon fulfillment of some condition. |
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Estate |
An interest in property, real or personal. |
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Estoppel |
A bar or impediment that precludes allegation or denial of a certain fact or state of facts in consequence of a final adjudication. |
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Et. al. |
An abbreviation for "and others." |
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Et Mode Ad Hune Diem |
An abbreviation for "and now at this day." |
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Et ux |
An abbreviation for "and wife." |
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Evidence aliunde |
Evidence from outside or from another source. |
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Extrinsic evidence |
Evidence NOT contained in the deed, but offered to clear up an ambiguity found to exist when applying the description to the ground. |
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Grant |
A transfer of property. |
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Grantee |
The person to whom a grant is made. |
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Grantor |
The person by whom a grant is made. |
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Good faith |
An honest intention to abstain from taking advantage of another. |
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Gradient |
An inclined surface. The change in elevation per unit of horizontal distance. |
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Hereditament |
Something capable of being inherited, be real or personal property. |
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Hiatus |
An area between two surveys of record described as having one or more common boundary lines with no omission. |
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Holograph |
A will written entirely by the testator in his or her own handwriting. |
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Incumbrance |
A right, interest in, or legal liability upon real property that does not prohibit passing title to the land but that dimishes its value. |
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Ingress |
The right or permission to go upon a place; right of entrance. |
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Intent |
The true meaning (from the written word of an instrument) |
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Intestate |
Without making a will |
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Judgement |
The official and authentic decision of a court of justice. |
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Leasehold |
An estate in realty held under a lease; an estate for a fixed term of years. |
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Lessee |
The person to whom a lease is made. |
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Lessor |
The person who grants a lease. |
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Lien |
A claim or charge on property for payment of some debt, obligation, or duty. |
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Lis pendens |
A pending suit. A notice of lis pendens is filed for the purpose of warning all persons that a suit is pending. |
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Litigation |
Contest in a court of justice for the purpose of enforcing a right. |
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Littoral |
Belonging to the shore, as of seas and lakes. |
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Logical relevancy |
A relationship in logic between the fact for which evidence is offered and a fact in issue such that the existence of the former renders probable or improbable the existence of the latter. |
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Mean |
Intermediate; the middle between two extremes. |
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Memorial |
That which contains the particulars of a deed, and so on. In practice, a memorial is a short note, abtract, memorandum, or rough draft of the orders of the court, from which the records thereof may at any time be fully made up. |
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Mortgage |
A conditional conveyance of an estate as a pledge for security of a debt |
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Muniment |
Documentary evidence of title. |
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Option |
The right as granted in a contract or by an initial payment of acquiring something in the future. |
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Parcel |
A part of a piece of land that cannot be identified by a lot or tract number. |
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Parole evidence |
Evidence that is given verbally. |
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Patent |
A government grant land. The instrument by which a government conveys title to land. |
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Plat |
A scaled diagram showing boundaries of a tract of land or subdivisions. May constitute a legal description of the land and be used in lieu of a written description. |
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Power of attorney |
A written document given by one person to another authorizing the latter to act for the former. |
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Orthometric |
Ellipsoid minus N (separation) = Orthometric |
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Nadir |
Downward to the celestial sphere |
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Zenith |
Upward to the celestial sphere |
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Right ascension |
Coordinate system for the celestial sphere (longitude) |
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Declination |
Coordinate system for the celestial sphere (latitude) |
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Celestial coordinate system uses three things to locate points of origin. What are they? |
Celestial equator, the ecliptic, and the vernal equinox. |
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What is ecliptic? |
Path of the sun |
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What is the vernal equinox? |
It is a point on the celestial sphere; the origin where the sun crosses the celestial equator from south to north. |
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Define the Greenwich meridian. |
Point of origin of latitude at zero degrees. |
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Define the autumnal equinox. |
It is where the sun crosses the celestial equator north to south. |
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Define horizon. |
It is where the sky and earth meet. |
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What does PZS triangle stand for? |
The North celestial pole, the observed zenith, and the position of star. |
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Define 2 categories of time. |
Sun time and side real time. |
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Strip maps are used for what?
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development of highways, railroads, pipelines, power lines, canals, and other projects that are narrow in width and long in length; open traverse is used. |
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Area maps are used for what?
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development of subdivisions, shopping centers, airports and other localized projects; closed traverse is used. |
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Define control
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means of transferring the relative positions of points and objects on the surface of the earth to the surface of the map. |
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What is the datum referenced to?
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It is referenced to the mean sea level.
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The right angle offset method is most commonly used in what? |
In route surveying for preparing strip maps. |
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The angle and distance method is most commonly used in what? |
In area maps.
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Define intercept.
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Distance on the rod. |
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Capital H.I. is the elevation above datum. |
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Lower case h.i. is what? |
Lower case h.i. is the height of instrument.
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Define key points regarding contour maps.
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Any points that will show breaks in the slope of the ground. |
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What is raster data model?
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G.I.S. data; photograph, pixels, grid cells |
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What is vector data model? |
G.I.S. data; x and y coordinates; CADD is an example of vector data model. |
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Define TIN. |
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Define remote sensing. |
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Define aerial photography.
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It is a passive sensor. Taking of photographs of the ground from an elevated/direct-down position. |
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What does LiDAR stand for?
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LiDAR stands for Light detection and ranging technology. It is an active sensor. |
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IDW stands for what?
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Inverse distance weighing; used to estimate elevations at regular spaced points on a fine grid covering an area. |
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What is IDW and Kriging use for?
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For spatial interpolation. |
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Refraction of light
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an optical effect; when light rays pass from one medium into another, they change speed and bend, or refract. |
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What are the three center points used when correcting aerial photographs for tilt and displacement.? |
The principal point, the nadir point, and the isocenter. |
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Where is the "principal point" located in regards to an image?
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Principal point is the geometric center of the photograph. It is located at the intersection of lines connecting the fiducial side marks. |
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Where is the "nadir point" located in regards to an image?
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It is located directly below the camera. |
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Where is the "isocenter" located in regards to an image?
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The isocenter is located is located on a line connecting the nadir and principal points, midway between them. |
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Define Parallax
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The apparent change in the position of the crosshair as viewed through the telescope.
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Define a stereoplotter
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An optical mechanical instrument; process involves using overlapping photographs that depict an area. |
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Define Orthophoto.
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A corrected form of aerial photography; It shows photographic detail without errors caused by tilt, relief displacement, or scale variation. |
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What are the three stereo model orientations?
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Inner, relative, and absolute orientations. |
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Define the absolute orientation.
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The final orientation is the translation rotation and scaling of the stereo model. Surveyed points which are usually marked on the ground by a white cross must be identified in the model. |
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Define panchromatic black and white film
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It detects a wide spectrum of light and is widely used for aerial mapping and interpretation. |
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Define natural color film.
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Composed of three primary color layers to cover the full color spectrum. |
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Define Black and white infrared film |
It is sensitive to longer light wavelengths and is capable of penetrating haze. It is used to delineate water bodies as well in for military and intelligence because it can detect camouflage. |
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Define false color infrared film
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It is often used to detect agricultural crop diseases and to monitor pollution. |
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Define Bathymetry
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The measurement of underwater depth. |
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