preparing a map

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• Map — /map/, n. Walter, c1140 1209?, Welsh ecclesiastic, poet, and satirist. Also, Mapes /mayps, may peez/. * * * I Graphic representation, drawn to scale and usually on a flat surface, of features usually geographic, geologic, or geopolitical of an… …   Universalium

• map — mappable, adj. mapper, n. /map/, n., v., mapped, mapping. n. 1. a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships… …   Universalium

• MAP — See modified American plan. * * * I Graphic representation, drawn to scale and usually on a flat surface, of features usually geographic, geologic, or geopolitical of an area of the Earth or of any celestial body. Globes are maps represented on… …   Universalium

• map-controlled mosaic — A technique of constructing mosaics by using topographic maps as the basis for control and orientation purposes. The method may be used in preparing both controlled and semicontrolled mosaics, although its use is preferred with the latter …   Aviation dictionary

• Weather map — A surface weather analysis for the United States on October 21, 2006. A weather map displays various meteorological features across a particular area at a particular point in time.[1] Such maps have been in use since the mid 19th century and are… …   Wikipedia

• prepare — pre|pare W1S1 [prıˈpeə US ˈper] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(make something)¦ 2¦(make plans/arrangements)¦ 3¦(make something ready)¦ 4¦(make yourself ready)¦ 5¦(make somebody ready)¦ 6 prepare the way/ground for somebody/something ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1400 1500; :… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Special reconnaissance — This article is a subset article under Human Intelligence. For a complete hierarchical list of articles, see the intelligence cycle management hierarchy. Special Reconnaissance (SR) is conducted by small units of highly trained military personnel …   Wikipedia

• Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt — (October 25 1825 in Eutin, Germany ndash; February 7 1884 in Athens, Greece) was a German astronomer.When he was 14, he came into the possession of a copy of Selenotopographische Fragmente by Johann Hieronymus Schröter, and this influenced a… …   Wikipedia

• scribing — In cartography, a method of preparing a map or chart by cutting the lines into a prepared coating …   Military dictionary

• Guillaume Henri Dufour — (15 September 1787, KonstanzPeters, Tom F., Transitions in Engineering: Guillaume Henri Dufour and the Early 19th Century Cable Suspension Bridges , Birkhauser, 1987, ISBN 3 7643 1929 1] 14 July 1875, Geneva) was a Swiss general, bridge engineer… …   Wikipedia

• Alexander Edward — (10 June 1651 ndash; 16 November 1708) was a Scottish Episcopalian clergyman, who later became a draughtsman, architect and landscape designer. He was a stylistic follower of Sir William Bruce, and planned several gardens in the grand French… …   Wikipedia