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maporchafl. See also overlapping grid;
secondary grid.
major planet&The tour largest pianels;
Jupffer, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Also
called giant planata. See also asteroid;
Inner planeta; outer planata.
make llna-An accurately scaled line denoting
thesiza lowhlch origlnalcopy is to be enlarged
or reduced. Also called make size. See also
scale of reproduction.
make ready-The adjustment of feeder,
grippers, aida guide, pressure behvean plate
and bfankat cyflnder, impression plate, and ink
fountain prior toa press run.
make size-.see make Ilne.
man.mada faaturea—Sea culture.
manauverlng board—A polar coordinate
pbffingshaet devised to facilitate solution of
proble-ms involving relative movement.
manually dlpltlzed—The process of
convetilng an analog map or o!her grap~lc
overlay into numeric Iormal with the use 0: a
digitizing tablerfableland manually lracing the
inpul wtfh a cursor.
manually ancoded—The process of data
input, including tabular and attribute information,
info a computerawrrpalible format through the
use of direct operator Interaction wilh collection
arrd/or storage system peripherals.
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manuacrlpl—The original drawing of a map as
compiled or Conehucted frown various data,
such as ground surveys and phonograph. See
also multluse manuscript.
Map and Charf Data Inlarchange
Format (MACDIFj-A project undertaken by
the Province of Ontario, Canada, and the
national governments of Canada and the USA
to develop standards for format, Wucrure, and
ceding of di@fal map and charf Information.
MACDIF providas a coding scheme for encoding
a diglfal description of map or chart data.
map accuracy apaclflcatlons—
Specifications which set up slandards to which
the finished map must adhere. See also U.S.
NaIlonal Map Accuracy Standards.
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map accuracy standards—See U.S.
Nallonel Map Accuracy Standarda.
map adjuslmant—An adjustment of the
horizontal position of maps to mntrol points or
10 a specific grid plotted on the map projection
at compilation scale.
map catafog—A publication giving both
graptilcal and word descriptions of all maps.
charts, and related products issued by a
producing agency. U contains information such
as the fine, scale, adition date, edition number,
prica, and classification of all publications
issued.
map charf-See combat Cfrarf.
map controlled—Utilization of a msp, rather
than geodetic or photogrammetric data, for
purposes of positioning map detail.
map exchange agraament—An approved
agreement between a United Stafes mapping
organization and a foreign mapping
organization to furnish each olher specified
mapping, chariing, and geodetic dale as
published, or on a request basis. See also
cooperatlvs mapplrw agreement.
mep index—(JCS) Graphic key primarily
designed to give the relafionshtp between
sheets of a series, their coverage, availability,
and W’ther information on the series. SaO ako
map.
map matching guidance-The guidance of
a rocket or aerodynamic vehicle by means of a
radarscope film previously obtained by a
reconnaissance flight over the terrain of the
route or from a radar simulation system. snd
used to direct the vehicle by afiining ifaeff wifh
radar echoes received during flight from Ihe
terrain below. See also stellar map
matching.
map matchlna—The simultaneous electronic
or mechanical optical scanning of an observed
map imacje obtained fmm a space vehicle, and
a reference map image, while the reference
msp image Is beina oriented and scaled until a
close comparison between the hvo is found. An
inspection of the scale and oriantatlon of the
reference map indicates the position of the
vehicle. See also rmlaa Doppler maP
matching. “