Hip chain:
A measuring tool, used in surveying and worn on a belt, that
consists of a small plastic box containing a roll of thread.
Pulling thread out of the box operates a counter that reads
distance in meters and tenths of a meter.
Horizontal distance:
Distance along the horizontal (as distinguished from
slope distance).
Index:
An alphabetical list of keywords that
indicates where in a book or
database each
topic is discussed or mentioned.
Index contour:
A contour line that is
darker or thicker than the regular ones to assist in more
quickly determining elevation. Index contours usually fall every
fifth (or fourth) line and represent round-number elevations,
such as 250 or 500 m.
Information unit:
A piece of information; for example, a story transcript,
photograph, videotape, etc. that contains or depicts knowledge
about the community, its land, its people, and its history.
Intersection:
A survey technique that involves
taking bearings from two known
places to identify the location of a third, unknown location.
Keyword:
A significant word (subject name or topic) that is used in
indexing a collection of information (database)
to make it easier to find specific pieces of information.
Knowledge (source: Leeuwis,
2004) can be considered as how we understand, give meaning,
perceive or interpret the world around us . Knowledge is what we
store in our mind and what leads us to take decisions, act and
react to stimuli received from the external world. Knowledge is
very subjective and builds up in everybody’s mind through a
continuous learning process involving, among others, concrete
experiences, interaction and communication with others,
observations and reflections, formation of concepts and their
testing. Three types of knowledge can be distinguished:
