Map
In very broad terms, a map is a depiction of the relationship between things such as people, places, objects, ideas, processes and so on.
Cartography is the study and practice of making maps.
Articles about maps and cartography on Designing Buildings include:
- Base map.
- Cartogram.
- Cartography.
- Choropleth map.
- Composite map.
- Contemporary Cartography exhibition.
- Digital mapping and cartography.
- DIgital mapping.
- Geographic information systems.
- Ground mapping.
- Isovist mapping.
- Site mapping or feature mapping.
- Stakeholder maps.
NB The Geospatial Glossary, published by the Geospatial Commission, and accessed on 17 September 2022, defines a map as: ‘A two-dimensional visual portrayal of geospatial data. A map is not the data itself.’
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