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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Reference Map | shows the location of the geographic areas for which census data are tabulated and disseminated. The maps display the boundaries, names and unique identifiers of standard geographic areas |
| Thematic Map | map or chart especially designed to show a particular theme connected with a specific geographic area |
| GPS | Global Positioning System (GPS) is a space-based satellite navigation system that provides location and time information in all weather conditions, |
| GIS | geographic information system (GIS) is a computer system designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage, and present all types of spatial or geographical data |
| Distance Scale | length scale is a particular length or distance determined with the precision of one order of magnitude |
| Directional Indicator | arrow (or a compass rose) printed on a map which indicates the orientation of the map in reference to the cardinals N-S-E-W |
| Inset Map | A map inside of a map |
| Legend | The map legend is a box on a map that shows what the symbols on a map mean. |
| Latitude(parallels) | the angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator |
| Longitude(meridians) | he angular distance of a place east or west of the meridian |
| Equator | an imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern |
| Prime Meridian | the earth's zero of longitude, which by convention passes through Greenwich, England. |
| Northern Hemisphere | The Northern Hemisphere is the half of a planet that is north of its equator |
| Southern Hemisphere | The Southern Hemisphere contains all or parts of five continents, four oceans and most of Oceania |
| Eastern Hemisphere | The half of the Earth that is east of the Prime Meridian |
| Western Hemisphere | Th half of the Earth that is west of the Prime Meridian |
| Continents | any of the world's main continuous expanses of land (Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America). |
| Map Grid | something which is in a pattern of straight lines that cross over each other, forming squares on a map |
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