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Road Scholar terms
Road Scholar terms: Highway map
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Map Legend | A description, explanation, or table of symbols printed on a map or chart to make reading it easier |
| Table | A universal table system for situations requiring flexible configurations and optimal use of space |
| Index | They give the location of the feature on the map via grid reference |
| Features | Road names, highway numbers, and distance between cities |
| symbols | An abstract or pictorial reference to something else |
| grid system | Usually square and is represented by drawn lines on a map creating those squares |
| Distance between features | The shortest separation between them |
| City/Regional inserts | Shows the political or administrative boundaries of a particular land mass |
| Geographic coordinates in decimal degrees | A way to express latitude and longitude |