The scale of a map is the ratio of a distance on the map to the corresponding distance on the ground. This simple concept is complicated by the curvature...
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In modern mapping, a topographic map or topographic sheet is a type of map characterized by large-scale detail and quantitative representation of relief...
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assign slightly different coordinates to the same location, so in large scale maps, such as those from national mapping systems, it is important to match...
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Cadastral map Climatic map Geological map Historical map Linguistic map Nautical map Physical map Political map Relief map Resource map Road map Star map Street...
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A 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...
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Cartogram (redirect from World map scaled by population)
symbol maps, which scale point features, and many flow maps, which scale the weight of linear features. However, these two techniques only scale the map symbol...
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the distance on a map to the corresponding actual distance Scale (geography) Weighing scale, an instrument used to measure mass Scale (ratio), the ratio...
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Ordnance Survey (redirect from OS Map(s))
classified as either "large-scale" (in other words, more detailed) or "small-scale". The Survey's large-scale mapping comprises 1:2,500 maps for urban areas and...
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In geography, scale is the level at which a geographical phenomenon occurs or is described. This concept is derived from the map scale in cartography....
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world map is a map of most or all of the surface of Earth. World maps, because of their scale, must deal with the problem of projection. Maps rendered...
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A map series is a group of topographic or thematic charts or maps usually having the same scale and cartographic specifications, and with each sheet appropriately...
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Mercator projection (redirect from Mercator map projection)
latitude scale on the map, then the rhumb distance between map points with latitudes φ1 and φ2 is given by the above. If there is no such scale then the...
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Cartographic generalization (redirect from Map generalization)
generalization, or map generalization, includes all changes in a map that are made when one derives a smaller-scale map from a larger-scale map or map data. It...
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dropped. The rules above are to be obeyed for large-scale maps. If the map being drawn is a small-scale map (less than 1:500 000 according to Imhof), rules...
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the map space or in the data space. SOM has a fixed scale (=1), so that the maps "optimally describe the domain of observation". But what about a map covering...
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time, one of the most reliable maps of the two hemispheres was the first large-scale map drawn in Armenian. The world map was created in a Western cartographic...
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on the Dymaxion map match the scale along the corresponding arcs of great circles on the Earth (modeled as a sphere), and then the scale diminishes toward...
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original scale of 1/11.5. The map was made in response to a request by Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine. It is the first systematic, large scale mapping...
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that will be viewed across multiple device types. Grey-scale compatibility is essential for heat map accessibility, especially when considering print media...
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000 scale sheet, the work was completed. The map sheets have been produced in several different versions: topographic maps, tourist maps, special maps (for...
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1:100 000 scale map series depicting Switzerland for the first time based on accurate geometric measurements. It is also the oldest official map series of...
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meteorology Synoptic scale meteorology Orders of magnitude (length) Scale (analytical tool) Scale (geography) Scale (map) Scale (ratio) "Scale". The Pennsylvania...
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Many large-scale maps use conformal projections because figures in large-scale maps can be regarded as small enough. The figures on the maps are nearly...
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a dimensional scale. A weather map at some scale may be annotated with wind arrows at a dimensional scale of 1 cm to 20 mph. Map scales require careful...
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The Bortle dark-sky scale (usually referred to as simply the Bortle scale) is a nine-level numeric scale that measures the night sky's brightness of a...
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booklets (memoirs) are produced for many sheets at the 1:50,000 scale. Small scale thematic maps (1:1,000,000 to 1:100,000) are also produced covering geochemistry...
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estate services company LightBox. The Sanborn maps themselves are large-scale lithographed street plans at a scale of 50 feet to one inch (1:600) on 21 by 25...
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Contour line (redirect from Contour map)
contour interval should be the same over a single map. When calculated as a ratio against the map scale, a sense of the hilliness of the terrain can be...
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Scale "due to differences in product vision and road map". In August 2019, after Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund made a $100 million investment in Scale,...
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trench maps were to a scale of 1:10,000 or 1:20,000, although trench maps also frequently appeared on a scale of 1:5,000 (maps printed on a large scale such...
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