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Bahasa Indonesia; Interlingua; Íslenska ... In understanding basic maps, the field of cartography can be divided into two general categories: general cartography and ...
The cartography department of the Indonesia WikiProject aims to assemble a collection of high-quality maps for use in Indonesia articles; both through obtaining existing public domain or free-license maps, and by creating new ones as needed.
The earliest known cartogram was published in 1876 by French statistician and geographer Pierre Émile Levasseur, who created a series of maps that represented the countries of Europe as squares, sized according to a variable and arranged in their general geographical position (with separate maps scaled by area, population, religious adherents ...
Cartography or mapmaking is the study and practice of making maps or globes. Articles on specific maps are found in Category:Maps . The main article for this category is Cartography .
General-purpose maps provide many types of information on one map. Most atlas maps, wall maps, and road maps fall into this category. The following are some features that might be shown on general-purpose maps: bodies of water, roads, railway lines, parks, elevations, towns and cities, political boundaries, latitude and longitude, national and ...
Nautical chart at History of cartography, by Pedro Reinel (edited by Alvesgaspar) 1871 map of Yellowstone National Park , by F.V. Hayden (edited by Durova ) Ocean currents , by United States Army (edited by Durova and Shoemaker's Holiday )
Geospatial Information Agency (Indonesian: Badan Informasi Geospasial, abbreviation: BIG) is the national mapping agency of Indonesia.BIG was formerly named National Coordinator for Survey and Mapping Agency (Indonesian: Badan Koordinasi Survei dan Pemetaan Nasional, abbreviation: Bakosurtanal).
National Geographic Maps, founded in 1915, is the commercial map publishing division of National Geographic, part of a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company and the National Geographic Society.