http://makingmaps.net/2009/03/17/map-symbols-permanent-snow-ice/ Resources and Ideas for Making Maps Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:26:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://makingmaps.net/2009/03/17/map-symbols-permanent-snow-ice/#comment-1534 John Krygier Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:10:54 +0000 http://makingmaps.net/?p=700#comment-1534 The blog entry quotes the original source. Obviously, the difference between map compilation and map making varies in definition. The blog entry quotes the original source. Obviously, the difference between map compilation and map making varies in definition.

]]> http://makingmaps.net/2009/03/17/map-symbols-permanent-snow-ice/#comment-1455 Mohammad Firoz Khan Thu, 17 Jun 2010 10:35:28 +0000 http://makingmaps.net/?p=700#comment-1455 Map compilation is a technical term in cartography whereby a map of a large area is made up of pieces maps of its smaller component areas. These maps of component areas may be at different scales and projections. Therefore, there scales and projections are made same so that different component maps may be aggregated to form a single map of a larger area. Very often to remove overlapping or voids between different component maps, a process of smoothing is carried out. In manual cartography it depends on the knowledge and experience of the cartographer. In digital cartography, there are certain algorithms to perform smoothing and many more may be borrowed from the problem of image fusing in remote sensing and GIS. You have confused map compilation by the process of map making. Map compilation is a technical term in cartography whereby a map of a large area is made up of pieces maps of its smaller component areas. These maps of component areas may be at different scales and projections. Therefore, there scales and projections are made same so that different component maps may be aggregated to form a single map of a larger area. Very often to remove overlapping or voids between different component maps, a process of smoothing is carried out. In manual cartography it depends on the knowledge and experience of the cartographer. In digital cartography, there are certain algorithms to perform smoothing and many more may be borrowed from the problem of image fusing in remote sensing and GIS. You have confused map compilation by the process of map making.

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