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Geodesy, an Uncommon card
Geodesy or geodetics is the science of measuring and representing the geometry, gravity, and spatial orientation of the Earth in temporally varying 3D space.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 73
- DEF
- 56
- Power
- 129
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 91,000
Power 129 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Geodesy quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Geodesy card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Geodetic job titles include ______ and geodetic surveyor.
Answer
geodesist. Geodetic job titles include geodesist and geodetic surveyor. From the Geodesy article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Geodesy. Geodesy 73 · Pen 70 · Boer republics 67 · Black Square 63 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It is called planetary geodesy when studying other astronomical bodies, such as planets or circumplanetary systems.
- Geodetic job titles include geodesist and geodetic surveyor.
- Through highly accurate observations, geodesy provides the scientific basis for mapping, navigation, and positioning, and supports applications such as infrastructure development, natural resource management, mineral exploration, and geophysics.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Geodesy article was read about 91,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 73 and blocks with 56: each hit it takes is cut by 22 %.
How to get Geodesy
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Geodesy (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : U.S. Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
