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2. MapQuest - Wikipedia

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   Optional. Launched. February 6, 1996; 28 years ago. ( 1996-02-06) Current status. Active. MapQuest (stylized as mapquest) is an American free online web mapping service. It was launched in 1996 as the first commercial web mapping service. [1] MapQuest vies for market share with competitors such as Google Maps and Here.

3. Geographical distance - Wikipedia

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   Geographical distance or geodetic distance is the distance measured along the surface of the Earth, or the shortest arch length. The formulae in this article calculate distances between points which are defined by geographical coordinates in terms of latitude and longitude. This distance is an element in solving the second (inverse) geodetic ...

4. Gene mapping - Wikipedia

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   Mapping approaches. There are two distinctive mapping approaches used in the field of genome mapping: genetic maps (also known as linkage maps) and physical maps. While both maps are a collection of genetic markers and gene loci, genetic maps' distances are based on the genetic linkage information, while physical maps use actual physical distances usually measured in number of base pairs.

5. Surveying - Wikipedia

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   Surveying. A surveyor using a total station. A student using a theodolite in field. Surveying or land surveying is the technique, profession, art, and science of determining the terrestrial two-dimensional or three-dimensional positions of points and the distances and angles between them. These points are usually on the surface of the Earth ...

6. Centimorgan - Wikipedia

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   Centimorgan. In genetics, a centimorgan (abbreviated cM) or map unit ( m.u.) is a unit for measuring genetic linkage. It is defined as the distance between chromosome positions (also termed loci or markers) for which the expected average number of intervening chromosomal crossovers in a single generation is 0.01.

7. Geography of Russia - Wikipedia

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   Russia (Russian: Россия) is the largest country in the world, covering over 17,125,192 km 2 (6,612,074 sq mi), and encompassing more than one-eighth of Earth's inhabited land area. Russia extends across eleven time zones, and has the most borders of any country in the world, with sixteen sovereign nations.