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| what most ppl think of as a traditional map drawn on paper, nowadays on comp screen. "a graphic (can see or touch) represtentation of the environment." |
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| Cartographic Map type: Planimetric Map |
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accurately represents only the horizontal positions of features and not the vertical positions that a topographic or bathymetric map shows.
Planimetric maps are used for preliminary design of transportation projects. |
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| A map held soletly in the minds eye, aka cognitive map. |
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| Cartographic Map Type: Topographic |
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| Map showing the three dimensional nature of the terrain surfac (elevations and landforms) as well as other ground features. |
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A map that focuses on a specific subject and is organized so that the subject stands out about the geographical setting.
Examples= zoning classes, land cover, vegetation zones, species ranges, and population density.
Thematic maps serve three primary purposes.
First, they provide specific information about particular locations.
Second, they provide general information about spatial patterns.
Third, they can be used to compare patterns on two or more maps. |
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| Quantitative Thematic Map |
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| Shows one or more themes of quantitative information. |
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| Shows you what things exist where, not how much/many. |
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| A map made by superimposing traditional map symbols over an image base.example, a map of the world may have each country hyperlinked to further information about that country. |
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A map made by distorting the geographical size of datacollection aras in proportion to their magnitudes.
The geometry or space of the map is distorted in order to convey the information of this alternate variable. |
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