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Computing in Geographic Information Systems
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Computing in Geographic Information Systems

by Narayan Panigrahi
July 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
303 pages
8h 34m
English
CRC Press
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Appendix B
14.1 Definitions
14.1.1 Earth Sciences
Earth science, often referred as geological science in academia, is the branch of
science concerned with determining the exact position of geographical points,
the shape and size of the Earth. The branch of applied mathematics that deals
with the measurement of the shape, area of large tracts of country, the exact
position of geographical locations, the curvature, shape, and dimensions of the
Earth is known as Earth science. It is the scientific study of the origin of the
Earth along with its rocks, minerals, land forms, and life forms, and of the
processes that have affected them over the course of the ...
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