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• Map-dot-fingerprint type corneal dystrophy — A disorder in which the cornea (the normally clear front window of the eye) shows geographic map like lines, dots (or microcysts), and grayish fingerprint lines on examination with a slit lamp, a device that focuses a high intensity light beam as …   Medical dictionary

• Map — /map/, n. Walter, c1140 1209?, Welsh ecclesiastic, poet, and satirist. Also, Mapes /mayps, may peez/. * * * I Graphic representation, drawn to scale and usually on a flat surface, of features usually geographic, geologic, or geopolitical of an… …   Universalium

• Geographic coordinate system — Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 3.12MB) …   Wikipedia

• Map database management — stems from navigation units becoming more common in automotive vehicles (see Automotive navigation system). They serve to perform usual navigation functions, such as finding a route to a desired destination and guiding the driver to it or… …   Wikipedia

• Geographic information systems in China — Geographic information systems (GIS) are becoming an increasingly important component of business, healthcare, security, government, trade, media, transportation and tourism industries and operations in China and GIS software are playing an… …   Wikipedia

• Map coloring — is the act of assigning different colors to different features on a map. There are two very different uses of this term. The first is in cartography, choosing the colors to be used when producing a map. The second is in mathematics, where the… …   Wikipedia

• Map algebra — is a simple and an elegant set based algebra for manipulating geographic data, proposed by Dr. Dana Tomlin in the early 1980s. It is a set of primitive operations in a Geographic Information System (GIS) which allows two or more raster layers (… …   Wikipedia

• Geographic data — is about much more than electronic pictures of maps. The geographic data that describes our world allows for city planning, flood prediction and relief, emergency service routing, environmental assessments, wind pattern monitoring and many other… …   Wikipedia

• Geographic Data Files — or GDF is an interchange file format for geographic files. In contrast with generic GIS formats, GDF provides detailed rules for data capture and an extensive catalog of standard features, attributes and relationships.GDF is primarily used for… …   Wikipedia

• Geographic Information Retrieval — (GIR) or Geographical Information Retrieval is the augmentation of Information Retrieval with geographic metadata.Information Retrieval generally views documents as a collection or bag of words. In contrast Geographic Information Retrieval… …   Wikipedia

• Geographic profiling — is a criminal investigative methodology that analyzes the locations of a connected series of crimes to determine the most probable area of offender residence. Typically used in cases of serial murder or rape (but also arson, bombing, robbery, and …   Wikipedia