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- Grid NorthNavigational directionality of North as defined along grid lines of map projection, it may not equal to True North or Magnetic North.
- GriddingThe process to create a network of horizontal and perpendicular lines, uniformly spaced, for locating points on a map, chart, building plan, or aerial photograph by means of a system of coordinates.
- Gross ErrorSee definition on Human Error.
- Ground ControlPhysical points on the ground,whose positions are exactly known with respect to coordinated and vertical datum.
- Ground Control AerotriangulationSee description on Aerotriangulation.
- Ground Control PointHigh order known points on Earth's surface generally used for georeferencing, a reference point precisely located on the ground as well as the image/map.
- Ground Coverage (of aerial photographs)A function of camera format size.
- Ground DistanceHorizontal distance between two points correlated on the same horizontal plane, usually from sea level.
- Ground Penetrating RadarGeophysical method use of radar to image sub-surface conditions (e.g. materials detection).
- Ground Sampled DistanceGround pixel size,determined by the sampling interval time used druing the signal conversion process.
- Ground SettlementGround settlement over time, downward movement of ground (soil) when load is applied on top; the effect of vertical stress on ground (soil).
- Ground SurveySurveys made with ground-based equipment (i.e. Total Stations, Automatic Level) on ground features.
- GroundwaterSub-surface water in soil pore spaces or between rock formations.
- Groundwater PercolationPart of the water cycle, process of water moving from the surface and into the groundwater.
- Group DelayEffects on the GPS signal when it travels through the ionosphere, where the magnitude is determined by the density and stratification of the ionosphere at the moment the signal passes through.
- GSDGround Sampled Distance
- GSMGlobal System for Mobile communication
- GUIGraphical User Interface
- Gunter's ChainMeasuring device used for land survey, it is a measuring chaing of 100 links. 1 Chain = 20.12m = 2012cm = 20120mm (1 Chain = 66ft = 792inch) 1 Link = 0.2012m = 20.12cm = 201.2mm (1 Link = 0.66ft = 7.92inch)
- GyroscopeDevice used to provide stability or maintain a reference direction in navigation systems.
- GyrotheodoliteCombination of Theodolite and Gyroscope, it is a measuring instrumention to determine precise true azimuth.
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- HachureCategory of line symbols used to show surface (i.e. slope steepness), could be drawn as short parallels in varied thickness or in even thickness but varied spacing.
- Half MarkUsed for floating mark,are placed at similar area on the both left-hand and right-hand photo.
- HaloclineWhere there is strong salinity gradient in the water, affect its density.
- Handover WordContained withing the Navigation Code (Navigation Message), it provides the receiver the information of the location of satellites during the broadcast of the Code.
- Hard Systems AnalysisSystems approach using rigid procedures and techniques to define a data/processing problem, generally used in computer implemenations, has four (4) phases: 1) Lexical Phase: Identifying problem, boundaries/constraints 2) Parsing Phase: Identifying relationship between entities/elements of(...)
- HARNContained withing the Navigation Code (Navigation Message), it provides the receiver the information of the location of satellites during the broadcast of the Code.
- HDOPHorizontal Dilution of Precision
- HeaveVertical movement (up-down) on Z-axis.
- HeightVertical distance. Types: 1) Elipsoidal Height 2) Geodetic Heigh 3) Geoidal Height 4) Orthometric Height 5) Spot Height
- Height Collimation MethodBooking method for levelling using height of instrument.
- Helix AntennasAntenna, mounted over ground plane, consisting of a coil of wire in the form of a helix with a feed line connected between the helix and the ground plane.
- Helmert TransformationUsed in geodesy, it is a mathematical process to apply rotation, scaling and translation onto coordinates.
- HertzStandard unit for the measure of frequency.
- HeuristicProcess/method/technique for a particular task/function.
- Hexachrome ColourSix colour printing process.
- Hexcone ModelAn approach of transforming RGB components into HIS components.
- Hierarchical DatabaseDatabase organized by levels, in a tree-like structure and can contain one-to-many relationships.
- High Gain AntennaAntenna with a focused, narrow radiowave beam width.
- High Pass FilterSpatial Filter applied to image that emphasizes high frequency features (features with high reflectance differences).
- High Precision SHORANIntercontinental system to connect datums across nations, terrestrial positiong systems using EM signals.
- High-level cognitive understandingDeep understanding of the knowledge and be able to identify and recognize issues with the sense of discretion.
- HillshadingUse of contrast (darkness-lightness) to represent slope, ridges and land surfaces.
- HIRANHigh Precision SHORAN
- HistogramA type of graphical representation of data distribution to estimate the probability of a continuous variable.
- Histogram-Equalized StretchAn approach that image value are assigned to the display levels on the basis of their frequency of occurrence.
- HolesVectorization setting in GIS, determines size of holes that can be ignored during raster line tracing.
- Holistic viewRecognizing the interconnectedness and relationship between parts and the whole within the various elements of study subjects and/or disciplines.
- HologrammetryAn accurate dimensional measurement by holography
- Homolosine Equal-Area ProjectionIt is a composite projection of Sinusoidal and Mollweide projection, could be classified as a Pseudocylindrical projection with Equal-Area properties.