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Definition: Cartography
Category: UN - Geographic Information Systems
The art and science of creating a two-dimensional representation of some part of the Earth’s surface. Features represented may be real objects ("topographic map") or they may represent concepts and more abstract characteristics (see "Thematic map"). http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/Handbook_Geo_Infrastr_Supp_Census_Activ.pdf
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United Nations, "Handbook on Geospatial Infrastructure in Support of Census Activities", Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistics Division, Studies in Methods, Series F No. 103, New York, 2009
United Nations, "Handbook on Geospatial Infrastructure in Support of Census Activities", Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistics Division, Studies in Methods, Series F No. 103, New York, 2009
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