GIS Dictionary
Definitions for GIS terms related to operations such as analysis, GIS modeling and web-based GIS, cartography, and Esri software.
Now available for purchase: A to Z GIS: An illustrated dictionary of geographic information systems.
Search the GIS Dictionary:
GIS Bibliography
Researching GIS?
Search the GIS Bibliography for a vast index of books, journals, conference proceedings and reports.
topographic map
-
[cartography]
A map that represents the vertical and horizontal positions of features, showing relief in some measurable form, such as contour lines, hypsometric tints, and relief shading.
