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locator mapnounA simple map used in cartography to show the location of a particular geographic area within its larger and presumably more familiar context.
linear scaleA linear scale, also called a bar scale, scale bar, graphic scale, or graphical scale, is a means of visually showing the scale of a map, nautical chart, engineering drawing, or architectural drawing.
glyphnoun(typography, computing) A visual representation of a letter, character, or symbol, in a specific font and style.
terrain cartographyTerrain cartography or relief mapping is the depiction of the shape of the surface of the Earth on a map, using one or more of several techniques that have been developed.
dot distribution mapA dot distribution map (or a dot density map or simply a dot map) is a type of thematic map that uses a point symbol to visualize the geographic distribution of a large number of related phenomena.
cartographic designCartographic design or map design is the process of crafting the appearance of a map, applying the principles of design and knowledge of how maps are used to create a map that has both aesthetic appeal and practical function.
chartnounA map.
projected coordinate systemA projected coordinate systemalso called a projected coordinate reference system, planar coordinate system, or grid reference systemis a type of spatial reference system that represents locations on Earth using Cartesian coordinates (x, y) on a planar surface created by a particular map projection.
shapenounA graphical representation of an object's form or its external boundary, outline, or external surface.
glossary of mathematical symbolsA mathematical symbol is a figure or a combination of figures that is used to represent a mathematical object, an action on mathematical objects, a relation between mathematical objects, or for structuring the other symbols that occur in a formula.
map projectionnoun(cartography) Any systematic method of transforming the spherical representation of parallels, meridians and geographic features of the Earth's surface to a nonspherical surface, usually a plane.
fantasy cartographyFantasy cartography, fictional map-making, or geofiction is a type of map design that visually presents an imaginary world or concept, or represents a real-world geography in a fantastic style.
topographic mapIn modern mapping, a topographic map or topographic sheet is a type of map characterized by large-scale detail and quantitative representation of relief features, usually using contour lines (connecting points of equal elevation), but historically using a variety of methods.
radar chartnounA two-dimensional chart of multivariate data, with three or more quantitative variables represented on axes starting from the same point.
map layoutMap layout, also called map composition or (cartographic) page layout, is the part of cartographic design that involves assembling various map elements on a page.
scatter plotnoun(statistics) A type of display using Cartesian coordinates to display values for two variables for a set of data.
line chartnounSynonym of line graph.
linguistic mapnounA linguistic map is a thematic map showing the geographic distribution of the speakers of a language, or isoglosses of a dialect continuum of the same language, or language family. A collection of such maps is a linguistic atlas.
geovisualizationnoun(geography) geographic visualization (of geospatial data)
heat mapnounA two-dimensional graphic representation of data in which different values are represented by different colours.

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