Glossary of Map Terms

Jan. 17, 2009 - PRLog -- Enhance your mapping skills and master the fundamentals of GPS with Maps of World Glossary. Compiled to help both novice as well connoisseurs of the mapping industry, the glossary serves as a good resource for anyone and everyone looking for extensive knowledge on the terminology of the subjects. More than just an ordinary dictionary, it explains the meaning of all the terms in a most simple and easy -to-understand manner. Developed in consultation with some of the veterans of the cartography industry, it helps make your concepts more clear and precise.

This sub domain by Maps of World is an effort to provide all the map, GPS and cartography related information under the one head. You can also add any term to this glossary, if you think that to be missing. Once approved by the editorial team, your added term will become a part of the Maps of World Glossary. You can  also become a registered member to get the benefits of this geography glossary.

“The effort to streamline all the related terminology of geography and save the time of people searching the mapping, GPS and cartography vocabulary at different sites lead us to make Glossary.mapsofworld.com”says Usha V Sagar, VP MapXL Inc. According to her the site will help millions of cartographers across the world to get their basics right without eating on their valuable time. The alphabetical listing of the directory helps further reduce the time and provides search specific results

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A leading web solution provider, MapXL Inc. is known for its web portals such as Mapsofworld.com, MapsofIndia.com, Worldmapstore.com, Indiamapstore.com. With its headquarters at San Jose, California, MapXL Inc. has branches at New Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata in India. With map and travel as its core domain, MapXL Inc. has been running knowledge based domains such as Maps of World Quiz, Maps of India Quiz and Knowledge Byte among others.