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Map

In cartography, a map is a representation or abstraction of geographic reality. Maps are used for a wide range of purposes, including navigation, scientific research, governance, and warfare.

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Applications

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Types

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Publication and distribution

Profession and regulation

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Map

Nodes386
Edges385
Triples442
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.005181
Components1

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Map

Top relations

related to Antiquity to 14th century · 27
Map → Agrippa, Akkadian Empire, Around, BCE, BCE Julius Caesar, CE, China, Early Chinese, Egyptian, Europe, Greco-Roman, Greek, Hecataeus, Iraq, It, Like, Maps, Mediterranean Sea, Middle East, North Africa
related to 15th to 19th centuries · 24
Map → Age, Americas, Asia, Central, Christopher Columbus, Discovery, During, Earth, Erdapfel, Europe, Gemma Frisius, Gerardus Mercator, In, Maps, Martin Behaim, Mercator, Oceania, On, Paolo, Pozzo Toscanelli
related to Profession and regulation · 23
Map → Cartographers, Cartographica, Cartography, Geographic Information, Geoscience Australia, Geovisualization, In, International Cartographic Association, International Civil Aviation Organization, International Geographical Union, International Hydrographic Organization, International Journal, International Society, Japan's Geospatial Information Authority, National Geographic Society, Other, Photogrammetry, Production, Remote Sensing, Royal Geographical Society
related to Definition and etymology · 19
Map → Alternatively, Arthur, CE, Classical Latin, David Woodward, Earth, Earth's, English, Erwin Raisz, French, In, It, John Brian Harley, Late Latin, Later, Latin, Robinson, The, Within
related to Boundary disputes · 17
Map → Cambodia, China, China's, Concerns, Countries, Examples, Google Maps, India, Kurdistan, Maps, Pakistan, Russia, South China Sea, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, Vietnam
related to Publication and distribution · 16
Map → AI, For, JPEG, Legal, PDF, PNG, Prior, Publicity, Raster, Shapefile, SVG, The, These, TIFF, Vector, When
related to Bias and disinformation · 15
Map → Africa, All, An, Arno Peters, As, European, Gall-Peters, Harley, In, Mark Monmonier, Mercator, Peters, Situations, Some, The
related to Projection · 15
Map → All, Conformal, Earth, Earth's, Equal-area, Equidistant, For, Goode, Lambert, Mercator, Miller, Projections, Robinson, Some, There
related to Orientation · 14
Map → Akkadian Empire, An, BCE, Blue Ridge Parkway, Egyptian, Europe, If, In, Many, Mappa, Modern, Ptolemy's, Tabula Peutingeriana, The
related to Fantasy maps · 12
Map → Examples, Frank Baum, Land, Middle-earth, Oz, Rings, Robert Louis Stevenson, Some, The Lord, Tolkien, Treasure Island, Wizard

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Important terminology

maps data may geographic used include use scale example features imagery process century projection information applications one called thematic many

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Mapis arepresentation or abstraction of geographic reality0.90text
Mapis acomplex process involving the selection and arrangement of graphical elements to create a map that is informative0.90text
Mapis anumerical value that indicates how measurements on the map relate to the reality they depict0.90text
Mapis acompass direction toward the top of the map0.90text
Mapis areal-world distance represented by half a millimeter0.90text
Mapis apassage of time0.90text
Mapis acopyright trap0.90text
geologyinstance ofScientists use maps to organize spatial data in fields0.80text
meteorologyinstance ofScientists use maps to organize spatial data in fields0.80text
seismologyinstance ofScientists use maps to organize spatial data in fields0.80text
demographicsinstance ofScientists use maps to organize spatial data in fields0.80text
censusinstance ofGovernments use maps for administrative functions0.80text

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