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[map design]
Information displayed on or around a map that help a reader understand or interpret it. An incomplete list of map marginalia includes the title, legend, scale bar or other indicators of scale, north arrow or other indicators of direction, border, map source or other source text, and inset or locator maps. Map marginalia may also be known as marginalia.
