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  2. Map projection - Wikipedia

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    Direction to a fixed location B (the bearing at the starting location A of the shortest route) corresponds to the direction on the map from A to B: Littrow—the only conformal retroazimuthal projection; Hammer retroazimuthal—also preserves distance from the central point; Craig retroazimuthal aka Mecca or Qibla—also has vertical meridians

  3. Mercator projection - Wikipedia

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    The projection found on these maps, dating to 1511, was stated by John Snyder in 1987 to be the same projection as Mercator's. [7] However, given the geometry of a sundial, these maps may well have been based on the similar central cylindrical projection, a limiting case of the gnomonic projection, which is the basis for a sundial. Snyder ...

  4. Map - Wikipedia

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    Physical map of Earth Political map of Earth. A map is a symbolic depiction emphasizing relationships between elements of some space, such as objects, regions, or themes.. Many maps are static, fixed to paper or some other durable medium, while others are dynamic or interactive.

  5. Spatial cognition - Wikipedia

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    Wayfinding is defined as an active process of following or deciding upon a path between one place to another through mental representations. [45] It involves processes such as representation, planning and decision which help to avoid obstacles, to stay on course or to regulate pace when approaching particular objects.

  6. Cartography - Wikipedia

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    A medieval depiction of the Ecumene (1482, Johannes Schnitzer, engraver), constructed after the coordinates in Ptolemy's Geography and using his second map projection. The translation into Latin and dissemination of Geography in Europe, in the beginning of the 15th century, marked the rebirth of scientific cartography, after more than a millennium of stagnation.

  7. Thematic map - Wikipedia

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    The most common purpose of a thematic map is to portray the geographic distribution of one or more phenomena. Sometimes this distribution is already familiar to the cartographer, who wants to communicate it to an audience, while at other times the map is created to discover previously unknown patterns (as a form of Geovisualization). [17]

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