Map vs Cartographic - What's the difference?
map | cartographic |
A visual representation of an area, whether real or imaginary.
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(mathematics) A function.
(topology) A continuous function.
A diagram of components of an item.
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The butterfly .
(UK, old-fashioned) Someone's face.
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(board games, computer games) A predefined and confined imaginary area where a game session takes place.
To create a visual representation of a territory, etc. via cartography.
To inform someone of a particular idea.
(mathematics) To act as a function on.
(topology) To act as a continuous function on.
Of or pertaining to the making of maps.
* 1831 , Norton Shaw et. al., The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society
* 1993 , Harlow C Landphair, Terry Larsen, Evaluation and Development of Visualization Technology for Highway Transportation
As a noun map
is a visual representation of an area, whether real or imaginary.As a verb map
is to create a visual representation of a territory, etc via cartography.As an adjective cartographic is
of or pertaining to the making of maps.map
English
Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps , diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.}}
- The discrete topology is always continuous, therefore functions with discrete domains are always maps.
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- "I don't want to play this map again!"
Synonyms
* plan * chart * (mathematics) mapping, function.Derived terms
* argument map * concept map * * mapmaker * mapmaking * mind map * overworld map * texture map * thematic map * topic mapVerb
(mapp)- f'' maps''' ''A'' to ''B'', ' mapping to .
- The discrete topology is always continuous, therefore functions with discrete domains are always mappings.
Derived terms
* map outcartographic
English
Adjective
(-)- This is important to the ends of tangible geography, as well in the construction and arrangement of tables, as in every description of cartographic composition.
- However, both of these examples assume that no three dimensional data is available in the initial digital cartographic data or other data sets that precede the immediate operation.