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Below is a list of mapping terminology links on Wikipedia, which could always use a few revisions. If you have something you can add, feel free to follow to the link and edit Wikipedia as you need.
Documentation is being added to Wikipedia. Many entries already exist but need to be enhanced. All Wikipedia entries are made available under the GFDL license.
Mapping Terminology
- Aerial photography
- Atlas
- Cartography
- Contour line
- Digital elevation model
- Digital Line Graph (DLG)
- Digital Orthophoto Quadrangle (DOQ)
- Digital Raster Graphic (DRG)
- FIPS place code
- FIPS state code
- Geographic information system (GIS)
- Geography
- Geologic map
- GeoTIFF
- GIS file formats
- GRASS GIS
- Map projection
- Map
- orthophoto
- Spatial Data Transfer Standard (SDTS)
- Topographic map
- Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (TIGER or TIGER/Line)
- U.S. postal abbreviations
- United States Geological Survey (USGS)
- Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM)
Mapping / GIS Resources
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very helpful..im going to edit a few of these