Quadrangle maps

Scope Note: Public Note: This heading is used as a genre/form heading for maps that cover a rectangular or nearly rectangular region defined by four specified points.Source: Glossary of the mapping sciences, 1994: ǂb quadrangle __quadrangle (1. a figure, in the plane, consisting of four specified points and the lines or line segments on which they lie. The quadrangle and the quadrilateral map define the same shape. They differ in that the quadrangle is defined by four specified points, the quadrilateral by four specified lines or line-segments. 3. a map or plot of a rectangular or nearly rectangular region, usually bounded by given meridians of longitude and parallels of latitude. Sometimes called a quad (jargon) or quadrangular map. In the USA, the standard map is the quadrangle of 7.5' of longitude and latitude. Other sizes are integral multiples of the standard; see from: quadrangle map)

DU note: Based on the specific cartographic information portrayed, assign an additional heading such as LCGFT: Geological maps, or Topographic maps

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