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Graticule (cartography)
A graticule (), on a map, is a graphical depiction of a spatial reference system, coordinate system as a projected coordinate system, grid of lines, each line representing a constant coordinate system, coordinate value. It is thus a form of Contour line, isoline, and is commonly found on maps of many kinds at scales from the local to global. The term is almost always used to specifically refer to the Parallel (latitude) , parallels and Meridian (geography) , meridians of latitude and longitude respectively in the geographic coordinate system. Grid lines for other coordinate reference systems, such as Universal Transverse Mercator, are commonly placed on maps for the same purposes, with similar meaning, and using similar design, but they are rarely called graticules. Some cartographers have used the term graticule to refer not only to the visual lines, but to the system of latitude and longitude reference itself;Dent, Borden D., Jeffrey S. Torguson, Thomas W. Hodler, ''Cartograph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Europe Map
The earliest cartography, cartographic depictions of Europe are found in early world maps. In classical antiquity, ''Europe'' was assumed to cover the quarter of the globe north of the Mediterranean, an arrangement that was adhered to in medieval T and O maps. Ptolemy's world map of the 2nd century already had a reasonably precise description of southern and western Europe, but was unaware of particulars of northern and eastern Europe. Medieval maps such as the Hereford Mappa Mundi still assumed that Scandinavia was an island. Progress was made in the 16th century, and Gerard Mercator gave an accurate representation of all of Europe, including Scandinavia shown as a peninsula. See also *History of Cartography *Geography of Europe *Cartography of Asia *Cartography of Africa *Boundaries between continents Maps of Europe, Geography of Europe Cartography by continent {{cartography-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
