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Definition: Legend
Category: UN - Geographic Information Systems
In cartography, the information on a map that explains which symbols are used for the features and variables that are represented on the map. This includes the symbol key required to interpret the map, for example, the shade colours and corresponding value ranges of a population density 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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