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  • ECM
    Electronic Counter Measures
  • Ecology
    Interaction of and between various elements/organism/objects in the environment.
  • ECR Coordinate
    Earth-Centered Rotational Coordinate
  • Edge Detection
    A set of mathematical methods which aims at identifying points in a digital image at which the image brightness changes sharply or, more formally, has discontinuities.
  • Edge Enhancement
    A procedure aims to preserve both local contrast and low frequency brightness information.
  • Edgematching
    Alignment of objects along the edge in order for features to be continuous between layers/mosiac.
  • EDM
    Electronic Distance Measurement
  • Effective Area
    The central area on each photograph bounded by lines bisecting the area of overlap with every adjacent photograph.
  • Efficiency
    Extent of time, effort, cost and/or resources used for a function/process/task.
  • EIA
    Environmental Impact Assessment
  • Electrical Impedance
    Measure of opposition by the circuit on the current when voltage is applied.
  • Electromagnetic Detection
    Measuring of EM field and EM radiation (for a specific wave or a broad spectrum) with the use of specialized detectors.
  • Electromagnetic Spectrum
    Range of possible wavelengths/frequences of electromagnetic radiation.
  • Electronic Distance Measurement
    Electronic/optical instrument that uses EM waves to measure angles and can calculate slope distances.
  • Electronic Laser Level
    Generally a control tool that uses either visible laser or invisible IR light to help establish elevation in construction and engineering projects; not commonly used for differential levelling.
  • Electronic Leak Detector
    Equipment for WLD Survey.
  • Electronic Theodolite
    Precision instrument for angular measurements in horizontal and vertical plane.
  • Elevation
    Height of a point above Geoid.
  • Elevation Factor
    Factor for reducing height measurements to particular reference datums, expressed in terms of ratio.
  • Eliminate
    Process of removing features as defined by user.
  • Ellipse of Distortion
    Geometric representation distortion and it's effect on various parts of the map.
  • Ellipsoid
    A closed quadric surface and three-dimensional analogue of an ellipse. The earth is simply regarded as an ellipsoid.
  • Ellipsoid Factor
    Factor for reducing measured distance to the ellipsoid.
  • Ellipsoidal Coordinate
    Orthogonal coordinate system using a reference ellipsoid to approximate figure of the Earth, most often used for performing computations.
  • Ellipsoidal Height
    Height of a point above ellipsoid.
  • Embedded System
    A system, with specific functions, located within a larger system with general functionalities.
  • EMF
    ElectroMagnetic Force
  • Emissivity
    A factor describes the efficence of an object radiates energy compared to a blackbody.
  • EMR
    ElectroMagnetic Radiation
  • Encapsulation
    Packing data and/or functions into a single component for processing/analysis.
  • Encumbrance
    Legal right, liability and interest in the property.
  • Endlap
    60%-70% overlap within a flight line,help to produce the stereoscopic view of the area.
  • Enhanced Vegetation Index
    Index developed as a modified NDVI,another index, to enhance the vegetation signal with improved sensitivity in high biomass regions and improved vegetation monitoring .
  • Enhancement
    Map Generalization technique, adding detail to map.
  • Entity
    A chunk of information.
  • Entity and Attribute Information
    Metadata category, information about content of dataset.
  • Entity-Relation Model
    Graphical representation of the relationship between the classes of function and data/information, and the attributes of classes.
  • Entrepreneurship of concepts and ideas
    To build up a kind of spirit of or participate in the activities associated with being an entrepreneur with spirit of innovation and social responsibility
  • Environmental Impact Assessment
    Assessment on how construction/structures/alterations affect natural habitats (i.e. the natural environment, urban environment, cultural environment).
  • ENVISAT
    Environmental sinoperative Earth-observing satellite. It was inoperative now as losing contact in April 2012.
  • EOP
    Earth Orientation Parameters
  • EOSAT
    Earth Observation Satellite Company, a commercial firm
  • Ephemerides
    Data file on the satellite, consisting of health of satellite and location data.
  • Epoch
    Moments in time.
  • Epsilon Modelling
    Error modelling in GIS by using a buffer zone (Epsilon Buffer Width) to determine the likelihood of the position of a point, line, or polygon.
  • Equal-Area Projections
    Property as a result of map projection, where areas on map are generally preserved. Type: 1) Lambert Azimuthal Equal-Area 2) Lambert Cylindrical Equal-Area 3) Mollweide 4) Bonne 5) Goode's Homolosine
  • Equal-Intervals Classification
    Data classification method that divides dataset into groups containing equal range of values.
  • Equator
    Imaginary line on Earth's surface at equal distance from North Pole and South Pole, defined as 0ᵒ, it sits perpendicular to the Earth's axis.
  • Equiangularity
    angular of each coners within a objects are equal.
  • Equidistant Projection
    Where all points on the map are at proportionally correct distaces and correct direction from the center point. Type: 1) Equirectangular 2) Azimuthal Equidistant 3) Equidistant Conic 4) Sinusoidal