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diradj in tine; used with a straightedge fer
Sclibng brig, straight IiiUs.
etretegk map+JCS) A map of medium
-b, Ot wdw, - for pfrltlti~ d
eparsfiis, including the mwaman!,
carrcenfration, arrf at@y c4 trocfxs. Sea also
map.
strataglc plannlng modal-Small-ecale
terrain models dapictiig only ths general
chsr~er d tha kmairr and features of
cmmidarable pmrnfnenca. They ganarafly
etiraoa continental areas, countries, eztenaive
fsnd mass arasa, er prindpsl tind mssaas and
are most fraquantly uaad in high echelon
plsnning acfiviiiea.
stratoaphor~.f(X) The layer of the
almosphore abwa the Wrposphera in whiih the
change of temperature with height is relatively
small. Sae also atmosphere.
stream gaging ●t.stlon-A point along e
strasm at which periodic msasurenrents of
vekcii or discharge are rnsde, and at which
daity er continuous raoxcfs of the stege of
heiaht of Ihe water surface above a rsiven
dstum is obtained.
stra ngth of figure+ triangulation) The
~mparaltie Pr=ision of computed lengths in a
Inangulation net ES determined by the size of
the englas, the numtwrr d cmrdiikms 10 be
sslidisd, and the distribufien of bssa lines and
points of had posiiion. Strength of f~ure in
hiangulation is not based on an absolute scale
but rather is an espr-n of relstiie strength.
Also sppikable 10 ths indvidusl gaemetnc
f~uras within a given net.
stretching apparatus—See tape
stretcher.
●trldlng lwef-A spirit level so mounted that it
can be pieced aluve and parallel wiih ha
horizontal axis of a surveying or satmnomic
instrument, and se supporkl thst il csn be
used 10 measure the inclination of the horizontal
szis to the pfsne of the horizon.
strip ad]uatm@nt—Stmiiar to e bbck
adjustment, bti Iimksf to e single strip ef
photographs.
strip coordlnatea-The crrordhales of any
point in a atrip. whether on lha ground or
sctuslly on air ststion, rafarrad to the origin arrd
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cures of he txrcvdinale system of the first
wedsp.
●frfp fikn-A Phofogrsphb fdm in #ih tha
emtdsion rnadmma can be rarrrwad from its
tenrperery bara after exposure and pmceasirrg
the marrbrrme is lhsrr fransfarrad to a rraw
base. Pr’klc@slty used in corraclion work Afso
called stripping fflm.
strip mosraic-A ntoadc wnaisfing ol one strip
of aerisl photographs taken on e single fligM.
strip plot-(JCS) A port”orr of a map or werfay
on which a nurrbar of photogra@a teken ebng
a flight line is ddinested without defining the
outlines cJ irdividusl prints.
atrlp pradktlon-A single hesdmg pradiition
intanded to convey the genard nsture and
pettem of rsdar returns conlinuouafy along a
spacifii flight path.
strip redlal plot—See strip radkl
triangulation.
strip rodlel trianguletlorr-A direct rad!el
triangulation in whch the photogmphs are ,.
plotted in flight strips withoui reference 10
ground control and the strips are later adjusted
together end 10 Ilw ground cosrtrd. Aise ,called
strip radial plot.
strip width-The everage dimension,
measured normel 10 the flight line, et a series ef
neet medels in a flight strip. St@ width is
generslly mnsidered es equal to width between
flights.
strlpplng fllnt-See strip film.
strlppkrg—The cutting, attachment. and other
operations for assembling cut film sections to
preduce a flat.
strip—See flight atrlp.
Structured Quary Language (SOL)-A
user-friendly, non-procedural dsta fsnguage
which is a slendard for dsla msnipulstien in
relational database rnsnagement systems.
etub trevorao-Sae opur trwerae.
style. sheet-A graphic gu”@e for the format
and portrayal of grid and marginsl information.
Alse called mock-up.