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5 Themes Menu Words
Term | Definition |
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reference map | mapping that includes all possible valid relationships between a source system and a target system |
thematic map | a type of map or chart especially designed to show a particular theme connected with a specific geographic area |
GPS | Global Positioning System |
GIS | Geographic Information System |
distance scale | a particular distance determined with the precision of one order of magnitude |
directional indicator | a compass |
inset map | More detailed (larger scale) representation of a specific area on a map usually placed in an uncluttered portion of the same sheet as the smaller scale main map |
legend | An explanatory table or list of the symbols appearing on a map |
latitude (parallels) | the angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator |
longitude (meridians) | the angular distance of a place east or west of the meridian at Greenwich, England |
Equator | an imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres and constituting the parallel of latitude 0° |
Prime Meridian | a planet's meridian adopted as the zero of longitude |
northern hemisphere | the hemisphere that is to the north of the equator |
southern hemisphere | the hemisphere that is to the south of the equator |
eastern hemisphere | the hemisphere that is to the east of the equator |
western hemisphere | the hemisphere that is to the west of the equator |
continents | any of the world's main continuous expanses of land |
map grid | A symbolized network of lines, or graticule, representing parallels and meridians or plane coordinates |