| LC control no. | sh 85136074 |
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| Topical heading | Topographic maps |
| Variant(s) | Hypsographic maps Hypsometric maps Maps, Topographic Relief maps Topo maps Topographical maps |
| See also | subdivision Maps under names of countries, regions, etc. Maps |
| Scope note | Here are entered works about maps that represent the horizontal and vertical locations of natural and man-made features. |
| Found in | Mayhew, S. The concise Oxford dict. of geography, 1992 (topographic[al] map) 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, c2005 (topographic map: A map which presents the vertical position of features in measurable form as well as their horizontal positions; 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) Search Map (Firm). Singapore topo map 1:30,000, 1994. DeLorme Mapping Company. North Dakota atlas & gazetteer : topo maps of the entire state, back roads, outdoor recreation, c1999. |
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