Abbreviations

Results for area 6.5 Map representation

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map display (MD)
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application category that deals with graphical information presentation

NOTE Map display is one of the six application categories supported by the API.

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destination location
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location to be used as the end location of a journey for a route guidance application

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coordinate pair
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set of two coordinates (one longitude value and one latitude value), representing a position on the earth model

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map projection
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transformation method used to represent the curved earth surface on a plane

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cartographic text
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data model entity that stores name text associated with all or part of a cartographic feature

NOTE Cartographic text is language dependent and may contain a suggested display location, orientation, language code, priority (or importance), suggested scale range, and bounding box.

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base map
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cartographic primitive
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atomic construction element in a cartographic representation, i.e. Node, Edge and Face

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level
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subset of map data resulting from a classification of data of the same semantic content based on the level of detail or density, related to the concept of different map scales

NOTE Level 0 is considered the lowest level (greatest detail); higher levels are numbered level 1, level 2, etc.

EXAMPLE Map display data may be organised into 6 levels representing different zoom scales.

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precise geometry description
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shape along the location, coded on the most detailed level of the digital map, lying in a corridor with a defined perpendicular distance to the great circle connection between two successive points on a location

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layer
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certain subset of a Dataset based upon information contents

EXAMPLE Route guidance data may be considered as one layer.

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magnetic declination
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angle between Magnetic North and True North

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