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		<title>Transactional Geography</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:22:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Definition provided by Di-Ann Eisnor of Platial:
Transactional cartography is the movement from map providing entertainment/information to map as enabling action. This shift in mapmaking is possible due to the merging of crowd-sourced information and access to real time data. Both bring location to vast amounts of complex data and allow for new forms of analysis and visualization. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hypsography</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Aug 2000 22:52:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Definition: Lines connecting points of equal elevation on the surface of the earth. From the Greek word &#8220;Hypso&#8221; meaning height. 
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		<title>Hyperspectral Imagery</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Aug 2000 22:51:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Definition: Useful for classifying material types on the Earth&#8217;s surface &#8211; beneficial in agriculture and forestry management, mineral exploration, environmental monitoring and national security activities. 
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		<title>Hydrography</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Aug 2000 22:50:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Definition: Database representing the location of water bodies and flow lines. 
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		<title>Weird Polygons</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Aug 2000 22:38:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Definition: Weird polygons are defined as polygons with missing nodes. The most common occurrence of this is when two lines cross over, giving the appearance of a polygon. 
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		<title>Waypoint</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Aug 2000 22:35:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Definition: A navigation GPS fix. Usually a destination or point of reference. 
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		<title>Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Aug 2000 22:28:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Definition: The Universal Transverse Mercator is an international plane (rectangular) coordinate system developed by the U.S. Army. The UTM divides the world into 60 zones of 6 degrees longitude. Each zone extends 3 degrees east and west from its central meridian and are numbered consecutively west to east from the 180-degree meridian. Transverse Mercator projections [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Triangulation Station</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Aug 2000 22:18:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Definition: A point on the Earth, the position of which is determined by triangulation. Also called trig point.  
Triangulation Station in the Santa Monica Mountains, California. Click on picture for a larger image. 
Close up of the same station. Click on picture for a larger image.
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		<title>Triangulated Irregular Network (TIN)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Aug 2000 22:16:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator>
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A surface representation derived from irregularly spaced points and breakline features. Each sample point has an x, y coordinate and a z value or surface value. 
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		<title>Tolerance</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Aug 2000 22:12:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Definition: A numerical value representing the acceptable error range a feature will have from its actual point found on earth. 
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