Mapping may refer to:
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Mapping (cartography), the process of making a map
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Mapping (mathematics), a synonym for a mathematical function and its generalizations
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Mapping (logic)
In formal logic and related branches of mathematics, a functional predicate, or function symbol, is a logical symbol that may be applied to an object term to produce another object term.
Functional predicates are also sometimes called mappings, but ...
, a synonym for functional predicate
Types of mapping
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Animated mapping, the depiction of events over time on a map
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Brain mapping, the techniques used to study the brain
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Data mapping, data element mappings between two distinct data models
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Gene mapping, the assignment of DNA fragments to chromosomes
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Mind mapping, the drawing of ideas and the relations among them
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Projection mapping, the projection of videos on the surface of objects with irregular shapes
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Robotic mapping, creation and use of maps by robots
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Satellite mapping, taking photos of
Earth from
space
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Spiritual mapping, a practice of some religions
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Texture mapping, in computer graphics
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Web mapping, mapping of data delivered by Geographic Information Systems
See also
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Mapping theorem (disambiguation)
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Mappings (poetry)
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Surveying
Surveying or land surveying is the technique, profession, art, and science of determining the terrestrial two-dimensional or three-dimensional positions of points and the distances and angles between them. A land surveying professional is ca ...
, the field work of gathering map data
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