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Geographic Terms


Glossary Notes

This glossary of geographical terms is drawn extensively from An Album of Map Projection, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1453, by John P. Snyder and Philip M. Voxland.

The purpose of this glossary is to assist the user in understanding the Mapping Toolbox. For this reason, some terms in this glossary are specifically defined as they are used in this guide rather than as they might be more generally used in the geographic community.


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