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Definition: Symbols
Category: UN - Geographic Information Systems
In cartography, the design elements used to represent map features. Symbol types are points, lines and polygons of a certain shape. Symbolization involves the choice of graphic variables, such as shape, size, colour, pattern and texture. 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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