Topographic maps

Scope Note: Public Note: This heading is used as a genre/form heading for maps that represent the horizontal and vertical locations of natural and man-made features. Maps that represent the surface of the land or floor of the ocean without man-made structures or vegetation are entered under: Physical maps.See From: Hypsographic maps, Hypsometric mapsSource: Glossary of the mapping sciences, 1994: __map, topographic (1. a map showing the horizontal and vertical locations of the natural and man-made features represented. Also called a relief map. Uses numbered contour lines or comparable symbols to show mountains, valleys and plains; 2. a map whose principle purpose is to portray and identify the natural and artificial features on the Earth's surface as faithfully as possible within the limitations imposed by scale) ||Glossary of mapping, charting, and geodetic terms, 1973 __hypsographic map (a map showing land or submarine bottom relief in terms of height above, or below, a datum by any method, such as contours, hachures, shading, or tinting; also called hypsometric map; SEE FROM relief map)See Also From: Physical maps

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