GRB

Master Control Station

Multidimensional Scaling

Mathematical average of the data set, may not be a value in the dataset.

A simple, intuitive and easy to implement method of smoothing images such as to reduce noise.

Average height for sea surfaces.

Provided a planar arc between two endpoints, that must be at least one point at which the tangent to the arc is parallel to the secant through its endpoints.

Distance measurements observed through instruments.

Equipment for WLD Survey.

The middle value in a set of data, may not be the dataset average.

The scale of photograph between 1:12000 and 1:50000

Cylindrical map projection that the lengths of parallels of latitudes has the same length as the equator, generally used for marine and climatological maps.

The first human spaceflight program of the United States, running from 1959 through 1963

Imaginary line, terminated by the North Pole and South Pole, used to indicate longitude.

Region between stratosphere and thermosphere, between the altitude of 50km - 80km.

Data describing other data, providing information about the piece of data (e.g., how it was capture, what it is about). Type: 1) Identification information 2) Data quality information 3) Spatial data organization information 4) Spatial reference information 5) Entity and attribute(...)

Metadata category, information on metadata and responsible parties.

Rocks formed from pre-existing rocks through high heat and pressure, resulting in a physical and/or chemical change of the rock's composition.

A system for describing the boundary of land/property/lots through landmarks, where Metes are straight measurements between points with an orientation/direction, and Bounds are general boundary descriptions.

Method of alignment where there is no visibility between two points along a survey line.

International System of Units which was originally based on metre and kilogramme.

Mass-Haul Diagram

ManHole Internal Condition Survey

A narrowband, wide-beam fabricated antenna by etching antenna elements in metal trace bonded to an insulating dielectric substrate (e.g., printed circuit board).

A form of electromagnetic radiation with wavelenghts between 1mm to 1m of the spectrum.

Middle infrared, a form of electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths between 1.3 to 3 µm.

Software layer in computer system for connecting operating systes with applications in a distributed computer network.

A type of scatter,occuring when atmospheric particle diameters equaly to the wavelength of being sensed.

Scatter of EM radiation by particles in the medium which are much larger/smaller than the wavelength.

Secure access GPS signals for Military use.

Underground surveys for tunnelling and underground operations.

Algorithm for solving Location-Allocation problems by minimizing total distance travelled between point and target.

The smallest size of area to be mapped as a independent area.

Points (nodes) identified beforehand to be part of the network to be useful in the survey, generally connecting between various elements of the survey (e.g., junction points).

Mixed pixel, a pixel with spatial attributes in more than one category of object, a result of confusion in classification process.

Mean Mission Duration

Minimum Mapping Unit

Most common value in the dataset.

A source of statistical bias which is able to radically affect the results of statistical hypothesis tests.

Stations in GPS Control segment, used to track satellite clock, staellite health and orbital parameters.

Where both signal transmitters and recievers are located together (without distance apart).

Markers built for subsequent use, materials and method for monumentation is largely dependent on the order of accuracy and precision required.

A type of measure of spatial autocorrelation which is characterized by a correlation in a signal with nearby location in space.

To match and dissolve the two or more images' boundaries of adjacent areas with the same spatial reference and scale.

The procedure to mathch and dissolve the two or more images' boundaries of adjacent areas with the same spatial reference and scale.

Smoothing operator for images, where each pixel on the image is compared and averaged against its neighbour.

Mean Sea Level

Derivition of a suitability map based on user-specified criterions and preference weighting.

Multi-dimensional imaging is a collection simultaneously dectected from essentially the same geometric vantage point in different bands of the spectrum.

Sensing systems equip with different kinds of sensors or more than one sensors of the same type.

Using multibeam axchosounders mounted on the boat, a survey of the sea floor could be mapped by pinging beams of sound towards the sea floor.