As nouns,
satellite triangulation is a hyponym of
triangulation; that is,
satellite triangulation is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
triangulation:
- triangulation: a method of surveying; the area is divided into triangles and the length of one side and its angles with the other two are measured, then the lengths of the other sides can be calculated
- satellite triangulation: the branch of satellite geodesy in which geodetic problems are solved on the basis of positional (angular) observations of artificial earth satellites.