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Cartography

Collection of maps

Azimuthal equidistant projection

Azimuthal map projection

Geographic boundaries of political entities or legal jurisdictions, such as governments, sovereign states, federated states, and other subnational entities

Map in which geographic space is distorted based on the value of a thematic mapping variable

Study and practice of making maps

Curve along which a 3-D surface is at equal elevation

Earth ellipsoid

Ellipsoid that approximates the figure of the Earth

Height of a geographic location above a fixed reference point

Gall–Peters projection

Cylindrical equal-area map projection

Reference frame for measuring location

Geographic coordinate system

Coordinate system to specify locations on Earth

Shape that the ocean surface would take under the influence of the gravity and rotation of Earth alone

Intersection of the sphere and a plane which passes through the center point of the sphere

Geographic coordinate specifying north–south position

Geographic coordinate that specifies the east-west position of a point on the Earth's surface

Symbolic depiction of spatial relationships

Systematic representation of the surface of a sphere or ellipsoid onto a plane

Mercator projection

Cylindrical conformal map projection

Obtaining information through non-contact sensors

The technique, profession, and science of determining the positions of points and the distances and angles between them

Vertical and horizontal dimension and shape of land surface

Study of the forms of land surfaces